Open AccessAmbiguity, Equivocation, Unconscious
Author(s) -
David Hafner
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
language and psychoanalysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.112
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 2049-324X
DOI - 10.7565/landp.2015.004
Subject(s) - unconscious mind , ambiguity , equivocation , relevance (law) , psychology , praxis , linguistics , philosophy , epistemology , cognitive science , psychoanalysis , political science , law
In his text L’etourdit, Lacan develops a tripartite definition of the equivocal, distinguishing between the homophonic, grammatical, and logical. Psychoanalysis, being the praxis of alleviating unconscious symptoms via the semblance that is language, depends upon the equivocity of language. This paper elucidates these three forms of ambiguity in their relevance to the clinic and the end of analysis.
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