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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.
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 behaviour 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.
The normal approach to the study of the foundations of
psychoanalysis is to focus on Sigmund Freud's classical texts. In
this book, however, Vesa Talvitie approaches the issue from the
perspective of the foundations of behavioral sciences in general.
He studies the nature of psychological terms and explanations, and
the relation between neuroscience and psychology. Due to the wide
perspective, the author is able to create a fresh view to the
stubborn debate concerning the scientific status of
psychoanalysis.The author shows that both advocates and critics of
psychoanalysis have a tendency to misconstrue the nature of
psychoanalytic theorizing, and thus have had unrealistic
expectations of psychoanalytic explanations. The book tries to
differentiate between those aspects of psychoanalysis which should
be considered scientific, and those aspects of psychotherapies in
general which should not come into the scientific category. This
book will be found to be a valuable contribution to the field of
psychoanalytic studies.
For decades, psychoanalysis has had a monopoly for the unconscious.
In the 1980s, however, Cognitive Orientation began focus on
consciousness, and that was followed by the boom of study of the
unconscious. The unconscious has now been studied in the scope of
several empirical settings, and under a variety of concepts
implicit memory, implicit knowledge, procedural knowledge, semantic
activation without conscious identification, and tacit
knowledge.Talvitie and the contributors show how the psychoanalysts
answer might be seen in terms of the cognitivists ones it has
created an approach, through which phenomena found by
psychoanalysts can be studied in the framework of cognitive
neuroscience. The approach takes seriously both the clinical data
gathered in the scope of clinical practice of psychoanalysis during
the past 110 years, and the empirical and theoretical achievements
of the present-day cognitive neuroscience and evolutionary theory."
The aim of Freudian Unconscious and Cognitive Neuroscience is to
create a conception of the Freudian things around the unconscious
that takes seriously both the clinical data gathered in the scope
of psychoanalytic clinical practice during the past 110 years, and
the empirical and theoretical achievements of cognitive science and
evolution
The normal approach to the study of the foundations of
psychoanalysis is to focus on Sigmund Freud's classical texts. In
this book, however, the author approaches the issue from the
perspective of the foundations of behavioural sciences in general.
He studies the nature of psychological terms and explanations, and
the relation between neuroscien
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 behaviour 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.
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.
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