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

Freud and Philosophy of Mind, Volume 1: Reconstructing the Argument for Unconscious Mental States
ISBN-10
3319963430
ISBN-13
9783319963433
Category
Psychology
Pages
382
Language
English
Published
2018-11-20
Publisher
Springer
Author
Jerome C. Wakefield

Description

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 elaborates how Freud transformed the intentionality theory of his Cartesian teacher Franz Brentano into what is essentially a sophisticated modern view of the mind. Indeed, Freud redirected Brentano's analysis of consciousness as intentionality into a view of consciousness-independent intentionalism about the mental that in effect set the agenda for latter-twentieth-century philosophy of mind.

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