Psychoanalysis and historical epistemology

Interview with Marcela Batán

Abstract

Marcela Renée Becerra Batán holds a PhD in Philosophy (UNC), is Professor of Epistemology of Social Sciences at the Faculty of Human Sciences (FCH) at the Universidad Nacional de San Luis (UNSL), and coordinator of the research project “Epistemología, Psicoanálisis y Ciencias Humanas . Normalization, Classification and Subjectivity ”. In this interview, Marcela Batán tells us a little about her research trajectory and the path she and fellow philosophers, psychoanalysts and educators followed in their reflections and exchanges on the relationships between psychoanalysis, epistemology and the human sciences in general, in addition to the effect current standardization in the practices of psychology and pedagogy. She also briefly deals with topics such as subjectivity in Michel Foucault and the use of psychoanalysis by Gaston Bachelard.