Abstract
Freud had insisted in the role of psychoanalyst which one is capable for make one work in progress that bet on unconscious. Many discussions are about this role of transference, but we want to approach like one useful tool to differential diagnosis, from belief/certainty binomial. From the understanding that the diagnosis in psychoanalysis refers to mechanisms specific to each structure, our proposal is to demonstrate this tool value in the clinic of neurosis and psychosis, from the belief / certainty binomial. Therefore, this article proposes to carry out an investigation that aims to clarify the positions of belief and certainty, unveiled under transference, as contributions to the differential diagnosis. In this way, we will go through the works of Freud and Lacan, aided by their commentators and contemporary authors dedicated to the theme. Our research allows us to consider that the subject’s relationship to knowledge can serve as an important clinical index to carry out the differential diagnosis. In an era marked by “unbelief in unconscious knowledge”, it is up to the analyst investigates it in search of the distinction between a belief of hesitation, own neurosis, or a belief impossibility own psychosis.
Keywords:
transference; psychoanalysis; differential diagnosis; belief; certainty