The Oxford-style debate: the 15th neuropsychoanalysis congress, New York, 2014

摘要

Following the successful debut of Oxford-style debates in the congresses of Athens and Cape Town, the 15th neuropsychoanalysis congress had its own motion: This house believes that neuroscientific terms must never replace psychoanalytic ones. Moderated by Katerina Fotopoulou, the debate took on one of the biggest discussions in neuropsychoanalysis, which is that of two languages in a dialogue that are thus exposed to mutual influence and updating, but not necessarily to supplanting each other. There are several opinions on the topic, and four colleagues who have been active in the neu-roscience-psychoanalysis dialogue for a number of years were asked to share their thoughts. For the motion were Ariane Bazan and Richard Kessler. Against were Lisa Ouss and Nikolai Axmacher.