ABSTRACT
The guiding influence of the speakers' basic theoretical positions was implied by Rosen's statement that a particular conception of the model of mind leads to a particular outlook on the topic of fantasy. One of the inquiries suggested this afternoon concerned the "nature" of unconscious fantasy. In the service of simplicity and clarity we could, of course, postulate a "normal system" for the unconscious fantasy too, adding only the appropriate considerations concerning non-accessibility because of repression or defenses. The assessment of the range of the observing sense organ consciousness constitutes still another aspect of the problems posed by the unconscious fantasy. Almost all the speakers examined the role of the ego in fantasy production and thus became involved in the age-old dilemma of the assessment of continua, the choice between an emphasis on the essential homogeneity of the field or on the differences between the various areas.
