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Author Grünbaum, Adolf.

Title The Foundations of Psychoanalysis : a Philosophical Critique.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, 1985.

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Description 1 online resource (325 pages).
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Series Pittsburgh Series in Philosophy & History of Science
Pittsburgh Series in Philosophy & History of Science.
Contents Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Critique of the Hermeneutic Conception of Psychoanalytic Theory and Therapy; 1. The Exegetical Legend of "Scientistic Self-Misunderstanding"; 2. Critique of Habermas's Philosophy of Psychoanalysis; A. Does the Dynamics of Psychoanalytic Therapy Exhibit the "Causality of Fate"?; B. Are Nomological Explanations in the Natural Sciences Generically Non-Historical, While Causal Accounts in Psychoanalysis are Historically-Contextual?; C. Does the Patient Have Privileged Cognitive Access to the Validation or Discreditation of Psychoanalytic Hypotheses?
3. Critique of Ricoeur's Philosophy of PsychoanalysisA. Ricoeur's Truncation of the Purview of Freudian Theory; B. Are Natural Science Modes of Explanation and Validation Gainsaid in Psychoanalysis By the Pathogenicity of Seduction Fantasies, Or By the Explanatory Role of "Meaning"?; C. Does the Theory of Repression Furnish a "Semantics of Desire"?; D. Ricoeur's Disposal of "The Question of Proof in Freud's Theo.
Summary Offers a systematic analysis of Freud's theories, examines the effectiveness of the retrospective clinical methods used in psychoanalysis, and discusses free association, dreams, and personality.
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Subject Political science -- Philosophy.
Political science -- Philosophy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: 9780520050174
ISBN 9780520907324 (electronic book)
0520907329 (electronic book)