Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900-2002) was a 20th-century German philosopher who profoundly impacted Western thought with the publication of his work Truth and Method (1960). In this work, a philosophical hermeneutics is elaborated by the philosopher, but we must bear in mind that Martin Heidegger had a great influence on Gadamer’s thought by bringing historicity to his reflections, that is, by presenting ...

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Imaginary and Mirror Phase – Lacan In this text, we are going to talk about the Imaginary. And, for that, it is productive to start with the Mirror Phase or Mirror Stage – which is Lacan’s first contribution to psychoanalytic theory, in the 1930s, when Freud was still alive. But as far as I know, the two theorists never met. ...

Returning home, I was in a hurry due to the rain, and without wanting to pay attention, but already paying attention, I heard a guy talking on the cell phone, and he made a scared face, and replied: “I don’t know if I’m ready, I don’t know, I’m not prepared!” I have no idea what conversation was taking place on ...

Born in Oak Park, Illinois, USA, on January 8, 1902, Carl Ramsom Rogers was the third to last of 6 brothers from a Protestant family, in which religious and traditional (fundamentalist) values, along with the encouragement of hard work, were widely cultivated. At the age of 12, Rogers and his family moved to a farm where he became interested in ...

When one part or facet of our personality clashes with another part in a way that begins a process of self-interruption or self-sabotage, we end up creating a struggle between these two parts. People often live for years or even their entire lives with this internal conflict. This, of course, causes a great loss of energy, sabotages efficiency, and creates ...

Hello friends! These days ago I was talking to a good friend and he commented that he had heard this phrase: “Don’t take yourself so seriously”. I thought it was brilliant and at the time I told him I would write a text here on the site about this phrase. Of course, this phrase has several meanings, perhaps even to ...

Many people are interested in psychology knowledge and I see every day that many people would like to study psychology at university. In this text, I will talk about the reasons for doing and not going to college, including what led me to spend 4 and a half years in São João del-Rey, at UFSJ, as a student of the ...

Free course on the work of Alfred Adler, creator of the concept of inferiority complex and the first psychoanalyst to break with Freud. See also the biography of the creator of Individual Psychology. Hello friends! Alfred Adler’s work is normally not studied in psychology faculties and I dare say that it is not studied in Brazil. With the exception of ...

The problems involving the definitions of science, as well as its structure, function and validity, that is, epistemological problems, have been present since Plato. The Greek philosopher, by opposing opinion – dóxa – to true knowledge – knowledge achieved through noésis – hierarchizes knowledge and makes evident the problem of the relationship between the two types of knowledge, in addition ...