Freud, the Reluctant Philosopher /

Freud, the Reluctant Philosopher / / Alfred I. Tauber.

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Freud began university intending to study both medicine and philosophy. But he was ambivalent about philosophy, regarding it as metaphysical, too limited to the conscious mind, and ignorant of empirical knowledge. Yet his private correspondence and his writings on culture and history reveal that he...

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Tauber, Alfred I.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2010]
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Year of Publication:2010
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (344 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Psychoanalysis as Philosophy
  • Chapter One. The Challenge (and Stigma) of Philosophy
  • Chapter Two. Distinguishing Reasons and Causes
  • Chapter Three. Storms over Königsberg
  • Chapter Four. The Paradox of Freedom
  • Chapter Five The Odd Triangle: Kant, Nietzsche, and Freud
  • Chapter Six. Who Is the Subject?
  • Chapter Seven. The Ethical Turn
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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