Embarrassments of knowledge : a philosophical comment on Lacan's Formulae Of Sexuation
- Author
- Gertrudis Van de Vijver (UGent)
- Organization
- Abstract
- This paper articulates the idea that the drive to know is the key to sexuality, and that sexuality is the key to subjectivation. It approaches Lacan’s formulae of sexuation starting from the background of Frege’s distinction between function (predicate) and object (argument) on the one hand, and propositional function and quantifier on the other hand. On this basis, the two sides of the Lacanian formulae are interpreted as ‘the all predicative’, le tout prédicat on the one hand, and the courage of the indecision on the other. That a radically escaping point is not without subjective effect, and does make a difference, epistemologically, ontologically and ethically, is what these formulae are seen to illustrate. Where possible, a comparison is being made with Kant’s transcendental philosophy and logics.
- Keywords
- sexuality, drive, predicate, function, object, quantifier, Lacan, Kant
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01H4E9KSK27YC6D4V51RGY0Q5F
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- Van de Vijver, Gertrudis. “Embarrassments of Knowledge : A Philosophical Comment on Lacan’s Formulae Of Sexuation.” PSYCHO-ANALYTISCHE PERSPECTIEVEN, edited by Gertrudis Van de Vijver, vol. 41, no. 2, 2023, pp. 171–86.
- APA
- Van de Vijver, G. (2023). Embarrassments of knowledge : a philosophical comment on Lacan’s Formulae Of Sexuation. PSYCHO-ANALYTISCHE PERSPECTIEVEN, 41(2), 171–186.
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- Van de Vijver, Gertrudis. 2023. “Embarrassments of Knowledge : A Philosophical Comment on Lacan’s Formulae Of Sexuation.” Edited by Gertrudis Van de Vijver. PSYCHO-ANALYTISCHE PERSPECTIEVEN 41 (2): 171–86.
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- Van de Vijver, Gertrudis. 2023. “Embarrassments of Knowledge : A Philosophical Comment on Lacan’s Formulae Of Sexuation.” Ed by. Gertrudis Van de Vijver. PSYCHO-ANALYTISCHE PERSPECTIEVEN 41 (2): 171–186.
- Vancouver
- 1.Van de Vijver G. Embarrassments of knowledge : a philosophical comment on Lacan’s Formulae Of Sexuation. Van de Vijver G, editor. PSYCHO-ANALYTISCHE PERSPECTIEVEN. 2023;41(2):171–86.
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- [1]G. Van de Vijver, “Embarrassments of knowledge : a philosophical comment on Lacan’s Formulae Of Sexuation,” PSYCHO-ANALYTISCHE PERSPECTIEVEN, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 171–186, 2023.
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