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[[Lacan]] begins to use [[algebraic]] [[symbol]]s in his work in 1955 (see [[schema L]]), in an attempt to [[formalise]] [[psychoanalysis]].
Three main reasons lie behind this attempt at [[formalisatioformalisation]]:
1. [[Formalisation]] is necessary for [[psychoanalysis]] to acquire [[scientific]] status.