The Freud Wars : An Introduction to the Philosophy of Psychoanalysis (Hardcover)

Part I: Introduction - What Sort of a Subject Might Psychoanalysis be? The Foundations of Psychoanalysis- What Would it Mean for Psychoanalysis to Count as a Science. 'Freud’s Permanent Revolution'- Could Psychoanalysis be a New Kind of Science? 'Self-reflection as Science'- Is Psychoanalysis Really a Form of Hermeneutics? The Apparatus of the Soul- How Can Mental and Physical Explanations Coincide? Conclusions. Part II: Critique of Psychoanalysis- Adolf Grunbaum. Freud’s Permanent Revolution, Addendum- Thomas Nagel. The Scientific Self-misunderstanding of Metapsychology; On the Logic of General Interpretation- Jurgen Habermas. Appendix 1: Systems Theory and the Metapsychology. Appendix 2: The Impossibility of Psychophysical Laws.