Freud, the Reluctant Philosopher /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tauber, Alfred I.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Freud, Sigmund, > 1856-1939
Freud, Sigmund, > 1856-1939 > Philosophy.
Freud, Sigmund, > 1856-1939.
Psychoanalysis and philosophy.
Philosophy.
Psychoanalysis.
PSYCHOLOGY > History.
PSYCHOLOGY > Movements > Psychoanalysis.
psychoanalysis.
philosophy.
Psychanalyse.
Philosophie.
Psychanalyse et philosophie.
Psychoanalysis
Philosophy
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The challenge (and stigma) of philosophy
  • Distinguishing reasons and causes
  • Storms over Königsburg
  • The paradox of freedom
  • The odd triangle: Kant, Nietzsche, and Freud
  • Who is the subject?
  • The ethical turn.

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