The LAPEF: An Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Research

An Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Research

Resumo

This paper introduces the LAPEF, or Laboratory of Psychoanalysis, Hermeneutics and Phenomenology, an interdisciplinary Italian laboratory that gathers philosophers, psychoanalysts and psychiatrists from various schools who share a common scientific and humanistic interest for a holistic approach on the human being and its condition. The text outlines LAPEF’s major theoretical-philosophical and procedural-scientific characters, along with its significant commitments and achievements to fostering both an interdisciplinary and inter-institutional collaboration. Furthermore, it highlights LAPEF's endeavors in research, education and cultural engagement. Keywords: interdisciplinarity, phenomenology, critical hermeneutics, Freud, Jung, Husserl, Jaspers, Ricoeur