William James and Sigmund Freud on the Mind

Auteur

Alfred I. Tauber, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Zoltan Kohn Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Boston University, has extensively published in philosophy and history of science that include philosophical critiques of psychoanalysis and Freud's contemporary significance in Freud, the Reluctant Philosopher (Princeton 2010) and Requiem for the Ego: Freud and the Origins of Postmodernism (Stanford 2013).

Texte du rabat

This is the first extended study comparing the philosophies of mind promoted by Sigmund Freud and William James, whose opposing views had profound influences on the development of 20th century philosophy, cognitive science, and psychology.

Contenu

Introduction 1. Freud's Philosophy of Mind 2. James's Assault on Metaphysical Dualism 3. Concerning Subjectivity 4. Attending to Thought 5. The Enigmatic Self 6. On Agency Conclusion