The mathematical metaphor of analysis

Authors

  • Marinella Calabrese CIPA Centro Italiano Psicologia Analitica, Catania

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/2282-1619/2017.5.1614

Keywords:

Trascendent Function, Mathematical Metaphor, Analytical Psychology

Abstract

This work, in a similar form, was presented at an Eranos seminar organized by the CIPA (Centro Italiano Psicologia Analitica) in april 2017, titled "AT ERANOS ON JUNG FOOTSTEPS".

I was proud and very stimulated to deal with something that links different aspects of my life: math and analytic psychology.

I find very interesting the analogies, not just linguistic but also structural, between these disciplines, both products of the human mind.

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Published

23-08-2017

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2017)

Section

Psychotherapy

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