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Papers relating to: (i) criticism by Michael Balint, Siegmund Foulkes and John Sutherland of the views of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn on certain psycho-analtyical conceptions, and (ii) Fairbairn’s response; all published in the ‘British Journal for the Philosophy of Science’, volume 7, number 28 (1957)., 1955-1956.

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Identifier: MS.50208

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1955.

Papers concerning the criticisms made by Michael Balint, Siegmund Foulkes and John Sutherland.

Balint, Michael.

Letter, with enclosure, 1955, of Michael Balint to William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. The enclosure, forwarded for Fairbairn’s comments, is a carbon copy of Balint’s ‘Criticism of Fairbairn’s Generalisation about Object-Relations’. The criticism was published in the ‘British Journal for the Philosophy of Science’, 1957. Folios 1-5.

Typescript, 1955, of a ‘Copy’ of the reply of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn to Michael Balint’s letter of 6 September 1955 (folio 1). Folios 6-10.

Letter, 1955, of Michael Balint to William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. Folio 11.

Foulkes, Siegmund.

Carbon-copy of a typescript, [?1955], “Comments on Fairbairn’s Paper”, by Siegmund Foulkes. The comments were published in the ‘British Journal for the Philosophy of Science’, 1957. Folios 12-22.

Sutherland, John.

Amended carbon-copy of a typescript, [?1955], “Some Comments on Dr. Fairbairn’s paper”, by John Sutherland. The comments were published in the ‘British Journal for the Philosophy of Science’, 1957. The copy has been both amended and signed by Sutherland. Folios 23-31.

1956.

Papers concerning Fairbairn’s response to the criticism by Michael Balint, Siegmund Foulkes and John Sutherland.

Assorted manuscript notes, [?1956], of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn relating to his paper, “Fairbairn’s Reply to the Comments of Balint, Foulkes and Sutherland”. Folios 32-40.

Manuscript draft, [?1956], of an article, “Fairbairn’s Reply to the Comments of Balint, Foulkes and Sutherland”, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. Folios 41-53.

Amended superseded folios from a typescript, [?1956], of “Fairbairn’s Reply to the Comments of Balint, Foulkes and Sutherland”, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn:

folios ‘1’ and ‘2’, top copy, with amendments by Fairbain: folios 54-55;

folios ‘1’ and ‘2’, carbon copy, with amendments by Fairbairn: folios 56-57.

Carbon copy, [?1956], of two folios, ‘8’ and ‘15’, from a typescript of a work by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. The copies have been marked by Fairbairn to highlight two footnotes, one of which was re-worked and included Fairbairn’s paper “Fairbairn’s Reply to the Comments of Balint, Foulkes and Sutherland”. Folios 58-59.

Carbon-copy of the typescript, [?1956], of the article, ‘Fairbairn’s Reply to the Comments of Balint, Foulkes and Sutherland’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. This would appear to be the version as published in the ‘British Journal for the Philosophy of Science’, 1957. Folios 60-67.

Carbon-copy of an addendum, [?1956], by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn to his article, ‘Fairbairn’s Reply to the Comments of Balint, Foulkes and Sutherland’. Folios 68-69.

Letter, 1956, of John Wisdom to William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn acknowledging the receipt of Fairbairn’s addendum to the article ‘Fairbairn’s Reply to the Comments of Balint, Foulkes and Sutherland’. Folio 70.

Dates

  • Creation: 1955-1956.

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Language of Materials

English

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Extent

0.00 Linear metres (70 folios.)

Bibliography

`British Journal for the Philosophy of Science`, volume 7, number 28 (1957) pages 323-338; `S H Foulkes: Selected Papers`, edited by Elizabeth Foulkes (Karnac, 1990); and,`From Instinct to Self: Selected Papers of W R D Fairbairn`, volume 1, edited by E Fairbairn Birtles and D Scharff (Jason Aronson, 1994).

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