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Freud’s Philosophy of the Unconscious

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  1. David Livingstone Smith
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Part of the book series: Studies in Cognitive Systems (COGS, volume 23)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • David Livingstone Smith
    Pages 1-8

  3. Freud’s Contact with Brentano

    • David Livingstone Smith
    Pages 9-15

  4. Freud, Lipps and Nietzsche

    • David Livingstone Smith
    Pages 16-19

  5. Freud and the Mind-Body Problem

    • David Livingstone Smith
    Pages 20-32

  6. Other Views of Freud’s Position on the Mind-Body Problem

    • David Livingstone Smith
    Pages 33-47

  7. The Unconscious

    • David Livingstone Smith
    Pages 48-58

  8. Justification: The Continuity Argument

    • David Livingstone Smith
    Pages 59-70

  9. Freud and Jackson: Dualism and Anti-Localizationism

    • David Livingstone Smith
    Pages 71-80

  10. Freud’s Theory of Consciousness

    • David Livingstone Smith
    Pages 81-101

  11. Animism, Realism and Anti-Realism

    • David Livingstone Smith
    Pages 102-111

  12. Freudian Functionalism

    • David Livingstone Smith
    Pages 112-119

  13. Characteristics of Unconscious Thinking

    • David Livingstone Smith
    Pages 120-131

  14. Wittgenstein and Macintyre: The Unconscious as ‘Façon de Parler’

    • David Livingstone Smith
    Pages 132-136

  15. John Searle: The Dispositional Unconscious

    • David Livingstone Smith
    Pages 137-150

  16. Freud Versus Searle

    • David Livingstone Smith
    Pages 151-155

  17. Donald Davidson: The Rational Unconscious

    • David Livingstone Smith
    Pages 156-158

  18. Freud Versus Davidson

    • David Livingstone Smith
    Pages 159-176

  19. Conclusions

    • David Livingstone Smith
    Pages 177-178

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 179-221
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About this book

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.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Freud’s Philosophy of the Unconscious

  • Authors: David Livingstone Smith

  • Series Title: Studies in Cognitive Systems

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1611-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-5882-4Published: 30 September 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5289-6Published: 09 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-1611-6Published: 14 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0924-0780

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 221

  • Topics: Philosophy of Mind, History, general, Modern Philosophy

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