Monday, March 23, 2020

Shauna Winram: "The Problem of Thought Insertion"

Friday 6 March, 20207:30 for 8:00 pm

Shauna Winram
"The Problem of Thought Insertion"
at MacKillop House, 50 Archibald St, Lyneham, ACT.
Thought insertion is a symptom in schizophrenia where subjects report experiencing thoughts that are not their own.

One way to interpret thought insertion is that subjects are conscious of thoughts, but these thoughts lack subjectivity. This challenges what is arguably the dominant way to think about consciousness; that is, that consciousness is connected to subjectivity.

I discuss what consciousness is, and why it poses a challenge to science, before exploring the apparent incompatability between subjectivity theories of consciousness and thought insertion. I then address some empirical problems that thought insertion poses. For example, why do subjects form the belief that inserted thoughts are not their own?

I propose two factors that distinguish inserted thoughts from normal thoughts and suggest these factors lead to this inference. Further, I adjust Robert Van Gulick’s (2006, 2015) higher-order global state (HOGS) theory of consciousness to explain these factors. To conclude, I explore the relevance thought insertion has to Jungian ideas about complexes.
Shauna Winram has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and a Master of Analytical Psychology degree from Western Sydney University, and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree from the Australian National University, where she is beginning a PhD in philosophy. She spent many years producing art, and a selection of her work can be found at her website: www.shaunawinram.com and at her blog: www.shaunawinram.org


Cost: Jung Society members fre
e, Guests $15, Seniors/Concession $10.
Pay by cash at the door or bank transfer or by credit card via TryBooking.


Preliminary dinner with the Speaker et al is at 5:30pm at Lyneham.
RSVP Trish on (0432) 599 826 for location etc.


We meet from 7:30 pm for tea and coffee and snacks, music, discussion and library.

The Guest Speaker's presentation is at 8 pm for an hour or so,
then we resume for questions and discussion, finishing at 10pm.



Canberra Jung Society
is a non-profit organisation,
which aims to provide a contact for people 
interested in the psychological insights of Carl Gustav Jung.
Through monthly meetings, workshops, other activities and our library,
we seek to help people to understand their own inner journey and the world today –
from a Jungian perspective.

PO Box 554,
Dickson, ACT 2602.
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