| Description |
xvii, 204 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
New library of psychoanalysis 'Beyond the Couch' series |
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New library of psychoanalysis. 'Beyond the Couch' series.
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: pt. I Introduction -- 1.Holding the centre -- 2.Research off the couch -- 3.Possibilities -- pt. II Basics: what is belief, what is science? -- 4.Feeling convinced -- 5.Reality and objectivity: concerning the ̀psychoanalysis-as-science' debate -- 6.What is knowledge? -- 7.The scientific model of knowledge-production -- 8.Single-case studies: their validity -- 9.Freud's claims -- 10.What about hermeneutics? -- 11.Is there a post-modern approach? -- 12.Inference and occurrences -- 13.So far ... concluding Part II -- pt. III Justifying psychoanalytic knowledge -- 14.Certainty and single cases: research designs for psychoanalysis -- 15.Selecting facts: circular arguments -- 16.Causal theories and hermeneutic theories -- 17.Theories and meaning occurrences -- 18.Change sequence as evidence -- 19.Prediction: results and false positives -- 20.Causes and meanings: again -- pt. IV Testing the test -- |
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Contents note continued: 21.What you can do with clinical material: some case illustrations -- 22.Comparative research: illustrative examples of the model at work |
| Summary |
This book aims to explore that view and defend Freud's claim whilst acknowledging the criticisms of single case studies and the inevitable problems for research into human subjectivity and personal experience. To this end the book reviews Freud's own methods of disseminating his discoveries, discusses the problem of evaluating different claims to psychoanalytic knowledge, and presents a cogent logical model for testing psychoanalytic theories clinically. This book evolves a model for the generation and justification of psychoanalytic knowledge, a 'parascience' just as rigorous as natural science, and one that addresses the subjectivity of meaning |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Psychoanalysis -- Research.
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Psychoanalysis.
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Psychoanalytic Theory.
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| LC no. |
2012035924 |
| ISBN |
9780415625197 |
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9780415625203 |
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