| Description |
xiv, 310 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Pittsburgh series in philosophy and history of science |
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Pittsburgh series in philosophy and history of science.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-296). |
| Note |
Includes indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Critique of the hermeneutic conception of psychoanalytic theory and therapy -- The exegetical legend of "scientistic self-misunderstanding" -- Critique of Habermas's philosophy of psychoanalysis -- Critique of Ricoeur's philosophy of psychoanalysis -- Are repressed motives reasons but not causes of human thought and conduct? -- Critique of George S. Klein's version of hermeneutic psychoanalysis -- The collapse of the scientophobic reconstruction of Freud's theory. |
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Part I: The clinical method of psychoanalytic investigation: pathfinder or pitfall? -- Is Freud's theory empirically testable? -- Did Freud vindicate his method of clinical investigation? -- Part II: The cornerstone of the psychoanalytic edifice: is the Freudian theory of repression well founded? -- Appraisal of Freud's arguments for the repression etiology of the psychoneuroses -- Examination of the psychoanalytic theory of slips -- of memory, the tongue, ear, and pen -- Repressed infantile wishes as instigators of all dreams: critical scrutiny of the compromise model of manifest dream content -- Appraisal of Freud's further arguments for the emergence of unadulterated repressions under "free" association -- Remarks on post-Freudian defenses of the fundamental tenets of psychoanalysis -- Can the repression etiology of psychoneurosis be tested retrospectively? |
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Part III: Epilogue -- The method of free association and the future appraisal of psychoanalysis -- Critique of Freud's final defense of the probative value of data from the couch: the pseudo-convergence of clinical findings -- Coda on exegetical myth-making in Karl Popper's indictment of the clinical validation of psychoanalysis. |
| Subject |
Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939
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Psychoanalysis -- Philosophy
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Freud Sigmund -- Psychoanalyse
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Freudian Theory. (DNLM)D005619
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Psychoanalytic Theory. (DNLM)D011574
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Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939
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Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939. (OCoLC)fst00034252
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Psychoanalysis -- Philosophy.
(OCoLC)fst01081246
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Psychoanalyse.
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Filosofische aspecten.
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| Indexed Term |
Psychoanalysis Theories of Freud, Sigmund - Philosophical perspectives |
| ISBN |
0520050169 |
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9780520050167 |
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0520050177 (pbk.) |
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9780520050174 (pbk.) |
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