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ARNAO, Magdalena. A distinção entre representação de palavra e representação de coisa na obra freudiana: mudanças teóricas e desdobramentos filosóficos. Ágora (Rio J.) [online]. 2008, vol.11, n.2, pp. 187-201. ISSN 1516-1498.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1516-14982008000200002.

The distinction word representation/thing representation in Freud: Theoretical changes and philosophical consequences. Freud reintroduces the distinction thing representation/word representation in metapsychological works after it was used in 1891. This representational pair synthesizes, in 1915, a break both with the psychology of the time and with a long philosophical tradition. Such break turns problematic many of the suppositions deeply rooted in today's philosophy. This article inquires about the significance of the division word/thing representation for psychoanalysis as well as for the representational philosophy, and it points out some of the most important effects of it.

Palabras llave : Word/thing representation; psychological reality; philosophy; representation.