Freud and Philosophy of Mind, Volume 1
Author | : Jerome C. Wakefield |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 2018-11-20 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 3319963430 |
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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.