Freud and Philosophy of Mind, Volume 1 Reconstructing the Argument for Unconscious Mental States /

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 elaborat...

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1. Verfasser: Wakefield, Jerome C. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Ausgabe:1st ed. 2018.
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ISBN:9783319963433
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • 1. Introduction: Freud and the Transformation of Psychology
  • 2. "Unconscious" as "Mental but Not Conscious": Why Examples of Repression, the Dynamic Unconscious, and Psychopathology Are Largely Irrelevant to Freud's Philosophy-of-Mind Argument
  • 3. The Semantic Objection to Freud's Thesis
  • 4. Freud's Response to the Semantic Objection: Concepts, Essentialism, and the Definition of 'Mental'
  • 5. Freud and Brentano: The Cartesian Tradition that Confronted Freud
  • 6. Cartesianism Without the Consciousness Criterion: Solving the Mystery of Freud's Missing Account of the Mental
  • 7. Freud's Direct Arguments Against the Consciousness Criterion: Does Freud Beg the Question of the Boundary of Psychology?
  • 8: Freud on the Mind-Body Problem: Turning Psychophysical Parallelism on Its Head
  • 9. Freud's Argument for Brain Representationality as the Essence of the Mental
  • 10. Conclusion: The Freudian Century in Philosophy of Mind.