Freud S Philosophy Of The Unconscious

Author : D.L. Smith
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401716116

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Freud’s Philosophy of the Unconscious by D.L. Smith Pdf

Freud's Philosophy of the Unconscious is the only comprehensive, systematic study of Sigmund Freud's philosophy of mind. Freud emerges as a sophisticated philosopher who addresses many of the central questions that concern contemporary philosophers and cognitive scientists while anticipating many of their views. While still a student in Vienna, Freud was initiated into philosophy by Franz Brentano. The book charts Freud's intellectual development as he deals with the mind-body problem, the nature of consciousness, folk psychology versus scientific psychology, the relationship between language and thought, realism and antirealism in psychology, and the nature of unconscious mental events. The book also critically examines writings on Freud by Wittgenstein, Davidson, and Searle, demonstrating their weakness as interpretations and criticisms of Freud's position. Readership: Philosophers, cognitive scientists, psychologists, psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and psychiatrists.

Author : Jerome C. Wakefield
Publisher : Springer
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-20
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783319963433

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Freud and Philosophy of Mind, Volume 1 by Jerome C. Wakefield Pdf

This book consists of a focused and systematic analysis of Freud’s implicit argument for unconscious mental states. The author employs the unique approach of applying contemporary philosophical methods, especially Kripke-Putnam essentialism, in analyzing Freud’s argument. The book elaborates how Freud transformed the intentionality theory of his Cartesian teacher Franz Brentano into what is essentially a sophisticated modern view of the mind. Indeed, Freud redirected Brentano's analysis of consciousness as intentionality into a view of consciousness-independent intentionalism about the mental that in effect set the agenda for latter-twentieth-century philosophy of mind.

Author : Eduard von Hartmann,William Chatterton Coupland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Consciousness
ISBN : UOM:39015065627682

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Philosophy of the Unconscious by Eduard von Hartmann,William Chatterton Coupland Pdf

Author : Joel Weinberger,Valentina Stoycheva
Publisher : Guilford Publications
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-14
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781462541096

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The Unconscious by Joel Weinberger,Valentina Stoycheva Pdf

Weaving together state-of-the-art research, theory, and clinical insights, this book provides a new understanding of the unconscious and its centrality in human functioning. The authors review heuristics, implicit memory, implicit learning, attribution theory, implicit motivation, automaticity, affective versus cognitive salience, embodied cognition, and clinical theories of unconscious functioning. They integrate this work with cognitive neuroscience views of the mind to create an empirically supported model of the unconscious. Arguing that widely used psychotherapies--including both psychodynamic and cognitive approaches--have not kept pace with current science, the book identifies promising directions for clinical practice. Winner--American Board and Academy of Psychoanalysis Book Prize (Theory)

Author : Simon Boag,Linda A. W. Brakel,Vesa Talvitie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780429917738

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Psychoanalysis and Philosophy of Mind by Simon Boag,Linda A. W. Brakel,Vesa Talvitie Pdf

Of the topics found in psychoanalytic theory it is Freud's philosophy of mind that is at once the most contentious and enduring. Psychoanalytic theory makes bold claims about the significance of unconscious mental processes and the wish-fulfilling activity of the mind, citing their importance for understanding the nature of dreams and explaining both normal and pathological behaviour. However, since Freud's initial work, both modern psychology and philosophy have had much to say about the merits of Freudian thinking. Developments in psychology, philosophy, and psychoanalysis raise new challenges and questions concerning Freud's theory of mind. This book addresses the psychoanalytic concept of mind in the 21st century via a joint scientific and philosophical appraisal of psychoanalytic theory. It provides a fresh critical appraisal and reflection on Freudian concepts, as well as addressing how current evidence and scientific thinking bear upon Freudian theory. The book centres upon the major concepts in psychoanalysis, including the notion of unconscious mental processes and wish-fulfilment and their relationship to dreams, fantasy, attachment processes, and neuroscience.

Author : Jacques Bouveresse
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691029047

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Wittgenstein Reads Freud by Jacques Bouveresse Pdf

Did Freud present a scientific hypothesis about the unconscious, as he always maintained and as many of his disciples keep repeating? This question has long prompted debates concerning the legitimacy and usefulness of psychoanalysis, and it is of utmost importance to Lacanian analysts, whose main project has been to stress Freud's scientific grounding. Here Jacques Bouveresse, a noted authority on Ludwig Wittgenstein, contributes to the debate by turning to this Austrian-born philosopher and contemporary of Freud for a candid assessment of the early issues surrounding psychoanalysis. Wittgenstein, who himself had delivered a devastating critique of traditional philosophy, sympathetically pondered Freud's claim to have produced a scientific theory in proposing a new model of the human psyche. What Wittgenstein recognized--and what Bouveresse so eloquently stresses for today's reader--is that psychoanalysis does not aim to produce a change limited to the intellect but rather seeks to provoke an authentic change of human attitudes. The beauty behind the theory of the unconscious for Wittgenstein is that it breaks away from scientific, causal explanations to offer new forms of thinking and speaking, or rather, a new mythology. Offering a critical view of all the texts in which Wittgenstein mentions Freud, Bouveresse immerses us in the intellectual climate of Vienna in the early part of the twentieth century. Although we come to see why Wittgenstein did not view psychoanalysis as a science proper, we are nonetheless made to feel the philosopher's sense of wonder and respect for the cultural task Freud took on as he found new ways meaningfully to discuss human concerns. Intertwined in this story of Wittgenstein's grappling with the theory of the unconscious is the story of how he came to question the authority of science and of philosophy itself. While aiming primarily at the clarification of Wittgenstein's opinion of Freud, Bouveresse's book can be read as a challenge to the French psychoanalytic school of Lacan and as a provocative commentary on cultural authority.

Author : Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2004-02-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134318544

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The Unconscious by Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre Pdf

The unconscious is a term which is central to the understanding of psychoanalysis, and, indeed everyday life. In this introductory guide, Antony Easthope provides a witty and accessible overview of the subject showing the reality of the unconscious with a startling variety of examples. He takes us on a vivid guided tour of this troubling topic via jokes, rugby songs, Hamlet, Hitchcock's Psycho, and the life and death of Princess Di. Aimed at the absolute beginner, The Unconscious is an enjoyable and easy-to-read introduction for the student and general reader.

Author : Alasdair C. MacIntyre
Publisher : Burns & Oates
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Subconsciousness
ISBN : UCSC:32106014621822

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The Unconscious by Alasdair C. MacIntyre Pdf

This is one of the most stimulating of MacIntyre's early writings, in which he distinguishes between the two uses of the Freudian term "unconscious": the descriptive, where Freud is seen as offering a non-causal description of psychological phenomena; and the explanatory, where he seems to be making correlations between crucial childhood events and adult behavior. Noting that the concept of the unconscious is one that has strongly captured the public mind, MacIntyre seeks to discover what it means to assert the existence of the unconscious rather than assess the empirical grounds for such an assertion. His explanation takes in the nature of psychological theory and the problems raised by our ordinary pre-Freudian view of the mind.

Author : Angus Nicholls,Martin Liebscher
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2010-06-24
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781139489676

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Thinking the Unconscious by Angus Nicholls,Martin Liebscher Pdf

Since Freud's earliest psychoanalytic theorization around the beginning of the twentieth century, the concept of the unconscious has exerted an enormous influence upon psychoanalysis and psychology, and literary, critical and social theory. Yet, prior to Freud, the concept of the unconscious already possessed a complex genealogy in nineteenth-century German philosophy and literature, beginning with the aftermath of Kant's critical philosophy and the origins of German idealism, and extending into the discourses of romanticism and beyond. Despite the many key thinkers who contributed to the Germanic discourses on the unconscious, the English-speaking world remains comparatively unaware of this heritage and its influence upon the origins of psychoanalysis. Bringing together a collection of experts in the fields of German Studies, Continental Philosophy, the History and Philosophy of Science, and the History of Psychoanalysis, this volume examines the various theorizations, representations, and transformations undergone by the concept of the unconscious in nineteenth-century German thought.

Author : Matt Ffytche
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-10
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781139504300

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The Foundation of the Unconscious by Matt Ffytche Pdf

The unconscious, cornerstone of psychoanalysis, was a key twentieth-century concept and retains an enormous influence on psychological and cultural theory. Yet there is a surprising lack of investigation into its roots in the critical philosophy and Romantic psychology of the early nineteenth century, long before Freud. Why did the unconscious emerge as such a powerful idea? And why at that point? This interdisciplinary study traces the emergence of the unconscious through the work of philosopher Friedrich Schelling, examining his association with Romantic psychologists, anthropologists and theorists of nature. It sets out the beginnings of a neglected tradition of the unconscious psyche and proposes a compelling new argument: that the unconscious develops from the modern need to theorise individual independence. The book assesses the impact of this tradition on psychoanalysis itself, re-reading Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams in the light of broader post-Enlightenment attempts to theorise individuality.

Author : Jon Mills
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780791485286

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Rereading Freud by Jon Mills Pdf

Rereading Freud assembles eminent philosophical scholars and clinical practitioners from continental, pragmatic, feminist, and psychoanalytic paradigms to examine Freud's metapsychology. Fundamentally distorted and misinterpreted by generations of English speaking commentators, Freud's theories are frequently misunderstood within psychoanalysis today. This book celebrates and philosophically critiques Freud's most important contribution to understanding humanity: that psychic reality is governed by the unconscious mind. The contributors focus on several of Freud's most influential theories, including the nature and structure of dreams; infantile sexuality; drive and defense; ego development; symptom formation; feminine psychology; the therapeutic process; death; and the question of race. In so doing, they shed light on the ontological commitments Freud introduces in his metapsychology and the implications generated for engaging theoretical, clinical, and applied modes of philosophical inquiry.

Author : Eduard von Hartmann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Consciousness
ISBN : STANFORD:36105010224421

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Philosophy of the Unconscious by Eduard von Hartmann Pdf

V.1 The class of books to which the "Philosophy of the Unconscious" belongs is all but unrepresented in our literature, but the absence of similar home-productions can no longer be held to imply either an inability to comprehend their scope or an indifference to their results. To what shall we attribute the welcome accorded of late to certain reproductions and elucidations of the master-works of modern Transcendentalism, if not to the awakening of a long-repressed desire to re-examine the foundations of a spiritual fabric, for whose stability an instinctive confidence alone made answer? To many two attitudes of mind have become insupportable--that of total unconcern about fundamental truth, and that of unthinking acquiescence in the admission of merely juxtaposed and uncommunicating spheres of positive knowledge and impenetrable nescience. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved).

Author : Paul Ricœur
Publisher : New Haven : Yale University Press
Page : 573 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Hermeneutics
ISBN : 0300011652

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Freud and Philosophy by Paul Ricœur Pdf

This book is a discussion or debate with Freud. Today we are in search of a comprehensive philosophy of language to account for the multiple functions of the human act of signifying and for their interrelationships.

Author : Richard Wollheim
Publisher : Jason Aronson
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Psychoanalysis
ISBN : UCLA:31158003565024

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Philosophers on Freud by Richard Wollheim Pdf

Author : Ronald Lehrer
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0791421457

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Nietzsche's Presence in Freud's Life and Thought by Ronald Lehrer Pdf

This book examines the nature of Freud's relationship to the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Nietzsche regarded himself, among other things, as a psychologist. His psychological explorations included an understanding of the meaning and function of dreams, the unconscious, sublimation of drives, drives turned inward upon the self, unconscious guilt, unconscious envy, unconscious resistance, and much more that anticipated some of Freud's fundamental psychoanalytic concepts. Although Freud wrote of Nietzsche having anticipated psychoanalytic concepts, he denied that Nietzsche had any influence on his thought.