What Kind of Science Is Psychoanalysis?

Authors: Cohler, Bertram J .¹; Galatzer-Levy, Robert²

Source: Psychoanalytic Inquiry, Volume 27, Number 5, 1 November 2007 , pp. 547-582(36)

Publisher: Analytic Press

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Abstract:

Discussions of the scientific status of psychoanalysis are commonly based on the sharp separation between "facts" and the telling of those facts, between logic and rhetoric. This distinction automatically discards the singular contribution of psychoanalysis to the understanding of human action. It is also inconsistent with current developments in understanding science generally, and human sciences in particular. Historical circumstances, and a confusion between one particular epistemological stance and rigor, have given limited views of science particular prestige in the psychoanalytic community. In this article, we show how psychoanalysis may be usefully viewed as a human science.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1080/07351690701468108

Affiliations: 1: University of Chicago 2: Institute for Psychoanalysis

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