Towards a Phenomediology of the Soul

Gerhard Burda

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Towards a Phenomediology of the Soul

Gerhard Burda

Published in International Journal of Psychological and Brain Sciences (Volume 6, Issue 6)

Received: 15 May 2021 Accepted: 3 June 2021 Published: 27 November 2021

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The paper discusses different formats of the psyche in connection with opposing phantasmatic pre-decisions building the very basis of every kind of epistemology and ontology. An investigation of the key role of imagination shows that theoretical concepts and their objects devote themselves either to an imaginal phantasm of connection/correlation regarding reality, or to a constructivist one, stressing the opposite (imaginary) phantasm of separation. However, due to the fact that no God’s-eye-view is available, neither the realistic option nor the constructivist option can be verified/falsified in an ultimate concern. With respect to the key role of imagination, a medial format of the psyche is introduced, implying a switch from phenomenology’s principle of self-giving evidence to phenomediology: anything appearing or any phenomenon is considered of being dependent on multiple medial processes. According to this medialistic view, reality(ies) and objects only arise, because self-differentiated media permanently mediate each other. Against this background psyche can be described as a medium – as something that is literally between, located in a difference that belongs neither to one side nor to the other: between mind and matter, between inside and outside, between subject and object, between the individual and the collective. In this respect psyche can be seen as a medium of transforming not only the individual but also the traditions of politics, ethics, religions, and of social and economic conditions. This will be shown with respect to psyche’s entanglement with technical media.

Published in	International Journal of Psychological and Brain Sciences (Volume 6, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijpbs.20210606.14
Page(s)	95-100
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Science Publishing Group

Keywords

Psyche, Phantasm, Medium, Ethics, Absolute Fragility

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Psychotherapy Science, Sigmund Freud-University, Vienna, Austria

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