Freud, the Reluctant Philosopher

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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 never forsook his original philosophical ambitions. Indeed, while Freud remained firmly committed to positivist ideals, his thought was permeated with other aspects of German philosophy. Placed in dialogue with his intellectual contemporaries, Freud appears as a reluctant philosopher who failed to recognize his own metaphysical commitments, thereby crippling the defense of his theory and misrepresenting his true achievement. Recasting Freud as an inspired humanist and reconceiving psychoanalysis as a form of moral inquiry, Alfred Tauber argues that Freudianism still offers a rich approach to self-inquiry, one that reaffirms the enduring task of philosophy and many of the abiding ethical values of Western civilization.

Author Biography:

Alfred I. Tauber is professor of philosophy and the Zoltan Kohn Professor of Medicine at Boston University, where he is also director of the Center for Philosophy and History of Science. His books include "Science and the Quest for Meaning", "Patient Autonomy and the Ethics of Responsibility", and "Henry David Thoreau and the Moral Agency of Knowing".

Release date Australia

July 21st, 2010

Author

Alfred I Tauber

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Pages

344

Dimensions

152x229x23

ISBN-13

9780691145525

Product ID

7243189

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