Jung and Philosophy Philosophy and Psychoanalysis Series

Although the works of C.G. Jung have received worldwide attention, there has been surprisingly little engagement by philosophers. In this volume, internationally recognized philosophers, Jungian analysts, and scholars attempt to fill this void in the literature. Although Jung did not have a formalized, systematic philosophy, the philosophical implications of his thought are explored in relation to his key theoretical postulates on archetypes, the collective unconscious, the mind-body problem, phenomenology, epistemology, psychology of religion, alchemy, myth, ethics, aesthetics, and the question of transcendence. Through analyzing Jung philosophically, new vistas emerge for enhanced explication, theoretical refinement, revision, and redirecting shifts in emphasis that lend more proper cohesion to Jung?s philosophy.

For the first time we may observe philosophers attempting to unpack the philosophical consequences of Jung?s thought applied to many traditional topics covered in the humanities and the social sciences. Given that Jung has not been historically taken up by philosophers, critiqued, nor applied to contemporary theories of mind, culture, and human nature, this is the first book of its kind. It is argued that a new generation of research in analytical psychology can benefit from philosophical scrutiny and theoretical fortification.

Jung and Philosophy will be of interest to psychoanalysts, philosophers, cultural theorists, religious scholars, and the disciplines of depth psychology and post-Jungian studies.

Introduction: Philosophizing Jung Jon Mills

1. The Collective Unconscious Jon Mills
2. The Archetype Debate George B. Hogenson
3. Jung and the Mind-Body Problem Eric D. Goodwyn
4. Empiricism, Skepticism, and Belief in Jung’s Epistemology Marco Heleno Barreto
5. A Critique of C. G. Jung’s Philosophical Basis for Selfhood: Theory Vexed by an Incorporeal Ontology Robin McCoy Brooks
6. Phenomenological Practices and Philosophical Insights in Jung Cecile T. Tougas
7. Jung’s Answer to Job: Toward a "Sensible" Mysticism Garth Amundson
8. Jung, the Numinous, and the Philosophers: On Immanence and Transcendence in Religious Experience John R. White
9. Jung on Myth Robert A. Segal
10. What’s the Matter—with Alchemical Recipes? Philosophy and Filth in the Forging of Jung’s Alchemical Psychology Stanton Marlan
11. Jung, Time, and Ethics Ladson Hinton
12. Jung, Literature, and Aesthetics Christian McMillan
13. Jung, Science, and Technology Raya A. Jones

Jon Mills, PsyD, PhD, ABPP is a philosopher, psychoanalyst, and clinical psychologist. He is Professor of Psychology & Psychoanalysis at Adler Graduate Professional School, Toronto and is the author of numerous works in psychoanalysis, philosophy, and cultural studies. He runs a mental health corporation in Ontario, Canada.