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Invention and the unconscious

Title
Invention and the unconscious, by Joseph-Marie Montmasson; translated, with a preface, by H. Stafford Hatfield.
Author
Montmasson, Joseph-Marie.
Publication
London, K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1931.

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Additional Authors
Hatfield, H. (Henry)
Description
xxiv, 338 pages diagrams; 23 cm
Series Statement
International library of psychology, philosophy, and scientific method
Uniform Title
International library of psychology, philosophy, and scientific method
Subject
  • Subconsciousness
  • Science > Methodology
  • Unconscious, Psychology
  • Science > methods
  • unconscious
  • Science > Methodology
  • Subconsciousness
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 327-333.
Contents
Part 1. Domain of the unconscious in the sciences. 1. The unconscious in knowledge in general -- 2. The unconscious in mathematical invention -- 3. The unconscious and invention in the physical sciences -- 4. The unconscious and invention in the biological sciences -- 5. The unconscious and invention in the moral sciences -- 6. The unconscious and technical invention -- 7. Comparison of the general results. Part 2. Genesis of the invention under the influence of the unconscious. 1. Theory of integral knowledge -- 2. The role and insufficiency of the automatic unconscious -- 3. The necessity for the dynamic unconscious in invention -- 4. The role of the aesthetic unconscious in invention -- 5. Synthesis of the work accomplished by the unconscious in scientific invention.
LCCN
31035108
OCLC
  • ocm04455143
  • 4455143
  • SCSB-167535
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library