Abstract: | The paper concerns the psychoanalysis of objective cognition — a philosophical
project by Gaston Bachelard, developed and implemented in epistemology and
philosophy of science since 1938. The paper consists of two parts. Firstly, relation
between Bachelard’s philosophy and psychoanalysis is addressed with the special
attention given to sources of Bachelard’s inspiration — S. Freud, C.G. Jung,
M. Bonaparte and R. Allendy. Secondly, Bachelard’s concept of psychoanalysis of objective
cognition is discussed. In the course of its development, Bachelard transformed
the assumptions and ideas of Freud and Jung and used them in theory of
knowledge and philosophy of science. This original project was straightforwardly
practical — it was aimed at providing an analysis of the scientific mind, revealing
any epistemological obstacles it contains (such as false beliefs and habits of thinking)
and its overcoming so that valuable cognition might be obtained. |