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==Three ===Jacques Lacan==========The Tree Orders=====
Although [[Lacan]] uses the terms "[[real]]," "[[symbolic]]" and "[[imaginary]]" from early on in his work, it is not until 1953 that he speaks of these as three "[[order]]s" or three "[[order|register]]s.")
From that moment on they come to be the fundamental classification system around which all his theorizing turns.
The [[imaginary]], the [[symbolic]] and the [[real]] thus comprise a basic classification system (around which all [[Lacan]]'s theorising theorizing turns) which allows important distinctions to be drawn between concepts which, according to [[Lacan]], had previously been confused in [[psychoanalytic theory]].
=====Psychoanalytic Theory=====
For example [[Lacan]] argues that much misunderstanding has arisen in [[psychoanalytic theory]] due to a failure to distinguish between the [[imaginary]] [[father]], the [[symbolic]] [[father]] and the [[real]] [[father]].
Thus [[Lacan]] claims that his tripartite classification system has shed invaluable light on [[Freud]]'s [[work]]:
<blockquote>"Without these three systems to guide ourselves by, it would be impossible to understand anything of the Freudian technique and experience."<ref>{{S1}} p.73</ref></blockquote> --
=====Distinction=====
The [[imaginary]], the [[symbolic]] and the [[real]] are profoundly heterogeneous, each referring to quite distinct aspects of [[psychoanalytic]] [[experience]].
However, they are primarily concerned with mental functioning, and together they cover the whole field of [[psychoanalysis]].
Although the three [[orders]] are profoundly heterogeneous, each order must be defined by reference to the other two.
The [[structural]] interdependence of the three [[order]]s is illustrated by the [[borromean Borromean knot]], in which the severing of any one of the three rings causes the other two to become separated also.
==See Also==
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* [[Borromean knot]]
* [[Imaginary]]
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* [[Psychoanalysis]]
* [[Symbolic]]
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* [[Real]]
* [[Borromean knotTopology]]
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