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Learning From Experience

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Title

Learning From Experience

Subject

Behavioral sciences

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Author(s)

Wilfred R. Bion

Book Title

Learning From Experience

Publication Date

2023

Publisher

Routledge

Document Type

Book

Language

English

ISBN

9781003411840

Access

Restricted Access

Abstract

In this book Bion describes his use of the term “alpha-function” to conceptualize how the data of emotional experience is processed and digested. This includes his thinking on “contact barriers” and the bearing of “projective identification” on the genesis of thought.

Cataloger

Kristen Walker

Citation

“Learning From Experience,” ICMGLT Digital Library, accessed November 3, 2026, https://library.icmglt.org/items/show/905.

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