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Re: plagiarism (still off-topic)
- Subject: Re: plagiarism (still off-topic)
- From: "J. R. Fox" jr_fox@xxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 18:26:34 -0800
Fredric Gross wrote:
> > Worse, the judge delved into the subconscious. What
> proof is > there that the subconscious is anything more
> than a convenient > intellectual construct used to explain
> mysteries to the satsifaction of > the explainer?
>
> If you're referring to the whole Freudian ball of wax,
> maybe so. But I think there is a great deal of empirical
> support for this construct, however you categorize it.
> Also for the notion of a "collective unconscious" that
> accounts for many strikingly parallel legends & myths that
> have arisen over time in widely disparate cultures,
> including many that never had any contact with each other.
>
> Jordan
>
>