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The Foundations of Psychoanalysis
Adolf Grunbaum
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Paperback. Presents a philosophical critique of the foundations of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalysis. This book takes cognizance of his claim that psychoanalysis has the credentials of a natural science. Series: Pittsburgh Series in Philosophy & History of Science. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 534.
This study is a philosophical critique of the foundations of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalysis. As such, it also takes cognizance of his claim that psychoanalysis has the credentials of a natural science. It shows that the reasoning on which Freud rested the major hypotheses of his edifice was fundamentally flawed, even if the probity of the clinical observations he adduced were not in question. Moreover, far from deserving to be taken at face value, clinical data from the psychoanalytic treatment setting are themselves epistemically quite suspect.
This study is a philosophical critique of the foundations of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalysis. As such, it also takes cognizance of his claim that psychoanalysis has the credentials of a natural science. It shows that the reasoning on which Freud rested the major hypotheses of his edifice was fundamentally flawed, even if the probity of the clinical observations he adduced were not in question. Moreover, far from deserving to be taken at face value, clinical data from the psychoanalytic treatment setting are themselves epistemically quite suspect.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Pittsburgh Series in Philosophy & History of Science
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520050174
SKU
V9780520050174
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About Adolf Grunbaum
Adolf Grunbaum (born May 15, 1923, Cologne, Germany) is a philosopher of science and a critic of psychoanalysis. He is also well known as a critic of Karl Popper's philosophy of science. He became the first permanent Andrew Mellon Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh in 1960. In that year, he also became the founding Director of that ... Read more
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