Jung, Heidegger and the symbolism of authenticity

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by  John J. Boronow

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Jung, Heidegger and the symbolism of authenticity
John J. Boronow
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JUNG f HEIDEGC?ER
AND THE
SYMBOLISM OF AUTHENTICITY
by
John J, Boronow
Presented to
The Faculty of the Department of Psychiatry
YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
ir partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of
DOCTOR OF MEDICINE
1977
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PREFACE
It seems the least I can do to mollify ruffled opin¬
ions is to offer a word of explanation as to how a medical
student comes to write an essay in philosophy for his medical
school thesis. Without disclosing the argument that is to
follow in t.he text, perhaps I can nevertheless prepare the
way a bit by ashing the question, "What should such an exer¬
cise as a thesis accomplish for the student?" My answer, and
admittedly not the only possibility, was as follows: the the¬
sis should provide an opportunity to return to certain fun¬
damentals and explore a field at a depth which the student
may not again enjoy for some time. Again and again my class¬
mates and I were told, "Do not rush so fast to master the
clinical; you have your whole lifetime to do that. Take ad¬
vantage of your studenthood and immerse yourself in thinking.
You may never again get such a golden chanceS" And so I took
my advisors at their word, returning for nearly a year "to the
books." Only my books were not biochemistry, statistics,
neurophysiology, or even psychometrics. For it seemed to me
that if we indeed were to "return to the basic sciences," then
a thought! 1 analysis would reveal rhat philosophy was the
proper basic science of psychoanalysis, my chosen medical
specialty. My text will defend this point of view in detail;
I offer it now without further comment by way of setting the
tone , I merely wish to put on record that I see no radical
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