Psychoanalysis at the Limit
Epistemology, Mind, and the Question of Science
- Publisher
- State University of New York Press
- Initial publish date
- Jul 2012
- Category
- Psychoanalysis, Epistemology
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780791460665
- Publish Date
- Jul 2012
- List Price
- $45.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780791460658
- Publish Date
- May 2004
- List Price
- $128.95
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Description
Examines the question of science, epistemology, and unconscious experience in psychoanalytic theory and practice.
Psychoanalysis has long been charged as being a pseudoscience. This timely book explores and reexamines the nature of psychoanalysis within contemporary debates about science, epistemology, unconscious experience, and the philosophy of mind. Distinguished scholars and practitioners from diverse backgrounds in psychoanalysis, philosophy, and psychology offer both favorable and critical accounts of psychoanalytic theory and practice from Freud and Lacan through contemporary revisionist philosophical perspectives.
About the author
Jon Mills is a philosopher, psychologist, psychoanalyst, and author of numerous books, including The Unconscious Abyss: Hegel's Anticipation of Psychoanalysis.
Editorial Reviews
"?a noteworthy book that bases psychoanalysis's scientific status on philosophical considerations." — Psychologist-Psychoanalyst
"The scholarship is first rate?a delightful read." — David E. Shaner, coauthor of Science and Comparative Philosophy: Introducing Yuasa Yasuo