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Jung, Gödel, and the history of archetypes
Twenty-five hundred years ago, Pythagoras taught that the simple counting numbers are the basic building blocks of reality. A century and a half later, Plato argued that the world we live in is but a poor copy of the world of ideas. Neither realized that their numbers and ideas might also be the most basic components of the human psych: archetypes. This book traces the modern evolution of this idea from the Renaissance to the 20th century, leading up to the archetypal hypothesis of psychologist C.G. Jung, and the mirroring of mathematical ideas of Kurt Godel.
The Renaissance ideal -- The birth of science -- What do we know and how do we know it? -- Pragmatic responses -- Founders of experimental psychology -- Founders of clinical psychology -- Cantor's set theory of transfinite numbers -- Sigmund Freud -- Logic's tower of Babel -- Background for Jung's psychology -- Jung's model of the psyche -- Background for Gödel's proof -- Archetypes of development: shadow -- Archetypes of development: anima/animus -- Archetypes of development: self -- Gödel's proof -- Alchemy as a model of psychological development -- Mysterious union -- Number as archetype.
Reprint. Originally Published: York Beach, Me. : Nicolas-Hays, 1995.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-294) and index.