The Foundations of Psychoanalysis
Download or Read eBook The Foundations of Psychoanalysis PDF written by Adolf Grunbaum and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1985-12-16 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Adolf Grunbaum |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 325 |
Release | : 1985-12-16 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780520907324 |
ISBN-13 | : 0520907329 |
Rating | : 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Foundations of Psychoanalysis by : Adolf Grunbaum
Book excerpt: 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.