Philosophy, Science, and Psychoanalysis: A Critical Meeting

ISBN-13: 9781780491899 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 352 str.

Simon Boag; Linda A. W. Brakel; Vesa Talvitie

Opis

The perennial interest in psychoanalysis shows no signs of abating and the longevity of psychoanalytic theory is seen in the varied extensions and elaborations of Freudian thinking in the fields of neuroscience and cognitive theory.

Nevertheless, the scientific standing of psychoanalysis has long been questioned and developments in the fields of the philosophy of science and psychology require a fresh assessment of the scientific standing of psychoanalysis. While there are a range of views on the topic of whether psychoanalysis is in fact scientific, any satisfactory approach to understanding mind and behavior requires an approach that is at once both philosophic and scientific. Accordingly, to even approach the question regarding the scientific nature of psychoanalysis, a foundation comprising a sophisticated conceptual and philosophical framework is required.

This volume represents the junction where philosophy, science, and psychoanalysis meet and presents arguments critical and supportive of the scientific standing of psychoanalysis, including debates between Adolf Grunbaum, Edward Erwin, Linda. A. W. Brakel and Vesa Talvitie, as well as fresh approaches from Anna Ursula Dreher, Agnes Petocz, Thomas Wallgren, and Simon Boag. While mainstream psychology is largely dismissive of psychoanalysis, the themes covered within this volume have important implications for science as a whole, including the nature of scientific explanation, philosophy of science, as well as the psychology of science.

Spis treści

ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS INTRODUCTION - Vesa Talvitie, Linda A. W. Brakel, and Simon BoagCHAPTER ONE Critique of Psychoanalysis - Adolf GrunbaumCHAPTER TWO Psychoanalysis and philosophy of science: basic evidence - Edward ErwinCHAPTER THREE Critique of Grunbaum's "Critique of psychoanalysis" - Linda A. W. BrakelCHAPTER FOUR From scientific explanations to micropsychology: what should psychoanalytic theories be like? - Vesa TalvitieCHAPTER FIVE Psychoanalysis and philosophy of science: reply to Brakel and Talvitie - Edward ErwinCHAPTER SIX Two fundamental problems for philosophical psychoanalysis - Linda A. W. BrakelCHAPTER SEVEN The scientific status of psychoanalysis revisited - Agnes PetoczCHAPTER EIGHT Freud and Wittgenstein in the cuckoo's nest - Thomas WallgrenCHAPTER NINE Psychoanalytic research with or without the psyche? Some remarks on the intricacies of clinical research - Anna Ursula DreherCHAPTER TEN Repression, defence, and the psychology of science - Simon BoagNOTES REFERENCES INDEX

O autorze

Simon Boag