TY - JOUR
T1 - Ambiguity, Equivocation, Unconscious
AU - Hafner, David
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - In his text L’étourdit, Lacan develops a tripartite definition of the equivocal, distinguishing between the homophonic, grammatical, and logical. Psychoanalysis, being the praxis of alleviating unconscious symptoms via the semblance that is language, depends upon the equivocity of language. This paper elucidates these three forms of ambiguity in their relevance to the clinic and the end of analysis.
AB - In his text L’étourdit, Lacan develops a tripartite definition of the equivocal, distinguishing between the homophonic, grammatical, and logical. Psychoanalysis, being the praxis of alleviating unconscious symptoms via the semblance that is language, depends upon the equivocity of language. This paper elucidates these three forms of ambiguity in their relevance to the clinic and the end of analysis.
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/0d662ceb-93b3-31a3-86a7-b807a36249d8/
U2 - 10.7565/landp.2015.004
DO - 10.7565/landp.2015.004
M3 - Article
VL - 4
SP - 75
EP - 103
JO - Language and Psychoanalysis
JF - Language and Psychoanalysis
SN - 2049-324X
IS - 1
ER -