Posts for the “Agent’s Position” category
A competition between the UK Government, the Medical Model via psychiatrists & the Mormons for the correct definition of the science of mental health
by Julia Evans on April 18, 2013
This is the tale of how this battle came to my attention: Sitting drinking my customary morning jug of coffee, my customary distraction was unavailable as it was updating itself. (…)
Comments on ‘A woman is authorised by herself’: An example of THE feminine: Margaret Thatcher?
by Julia Evans on April 16, 2013
Miquel Bassols’ piece evoked many trains of thought – thank you. (Note: ‘A woman is authorised by herself’ by Miquel Bassols, ELP, Barcelona was circulated by PIPOL NEWS no:42 on 15 (…)
Psychoanalysts in the Artist Village… An impression of an extimate experience
by Philippe Grisar on November 22, 2012
Note: This is reproduced, with permission, from philippegrisar.be, and is available here. This page is a text on experience as a ‘commentator’ in the Artists’ Village. Introduction: Kort relaas over (…)
Tribute to Thomas Szasz (April 15th 1920 – September 8th 2012)
by Julia Evans on October 18, 2012
Available here Thomas Stephen Szasz, M.D., 92, died at his home in Manlius, N.Y. on September 8, 2012. He was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1920, and emigrated to the (…)
Giles Fraser reinterpretes ‘Kant avec Sade’ around Occupy London at St Paul’s
by Julia Evans on October 14, 2012
There are a series of relevant articles waiting to be posted. I have given up saving to the desktop as it is now covered with urgent postings. The new file (…)
Do the ‘evidence-based’ results of brain scanning debunk Freud both scientifically and in the clinic?
by Julia Evans on September 5, 2012
My attention was caught this morning by a report by Tom Feilden on the BBC Today programme, titled ‘How neuroscience could help explain human emotions’[i]. ‘So what?’, I hear (…)
…his lack of any self-limiting principle. If the problem is limits, then this is a problem without an easy solution, because we too have learnt to be limitlessly acquisitive: Christopher Caldwell
by Julia Evans on April 27, 2012
Power and limits. I suggest, following the theologian René Girard[i], that there are two foundations for the way in which we choose to relate to others. I will be developing (…)
Third Gender is defined?:20th April 2012: Tom Gardner
by Julia Evans on April 20, 2012
This article was spotted by Bruno de Florence who commented on it at the April meeting of LW WG. As his comments have yet to be posted, the following includes (…)
The conflict comes when we separate ethics and economic progress and when we equate the latter with happiness: Desmond Tutu and Bettina Gronblom
by Julia Evans on April 4, 2012
From: Camels can pass through a needle’s eye: by Desmond Tutu and Bettina Gronblom: Financial Times: April 4th 2012: available here [] added: The conflict comes when we separate ethics (…)
Simplification is necessary in research. But it has limitations in providing a grand theory of everything.
by Julia Evans on March 3, 2012
Quotes from: ‘The wealth of nations’ a book review by Martin Wolf of ‘Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty’ by James A. Robinson and Daron Acemoglu. (…)