[SydPhil] ACU North Sydney Conference: 28-29 July FREUD, WITTGENSTEIN, AND THE UNCONSCIOUS

[Talia Morag]

ACU CONFERENCE:  FREUD, WITTGENSTEIN, AND THE UNCONSCIOUS



WHEN: 28-29 July, 2025.



WHERE: Level 18, Tenison Woods House, 8 - 20 Napier Street, North Sydney



FOR THOSE OUTSIDE OF SYDNEY: remote access is available via Zoom. Please
email talia.morag at acu.edu.au to access a link.



This conference takes up the Wittgenstein-Freud connection from a
conceptual rather than an historical point of view. Wittgenstein famously
criticized Freud’s notion of the unconscious as part of his general
critique of scientism. In this conference we explore three main questions
and other themes related to the unconscious:



1.     Is a viable notion of the unconscious salvageable from
Wittgenstein’s criticisms of Freud’s formulations of the unconscious? And,
if so, what is its role in philosophy, psychoanalysis, or social critique?



2.     What further insights about philosophy or psychology can be gleaned
from rethinking Wittgenstein’s critique of Freud?



3.     Can Wittgenstein’s own work be seen as presupposing or dependent
upon a notion of the unconscious? If so, what importance does that have for
his philosophy?





KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Naomi Scheman (Minnesota); Stephen White (Tufts)



SPEAKERS:

Sophie-Grace Chapell (Open University, UK)

Justin Clemens (Melbourne)

Richard Colledge (ACU)

Dorit Lemberger (Bar-Ilan)

David Macarthur (Sydney)

Talia Morag (ACU)

Matthew Sharpe (ACU)



THIS CONFERENCE IS FUNDED AND SUPPORTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL
PSYCHOANALYTICAL ASSOCIATION.

-- 
Dr Talia Morag
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education and Arts
Australian Catholic University | North Sydney NSW 2060
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