The Unconscious, The by Alasdair Macintyre
This text distinguishes between the two uses of the Freudian term "unconscious": the descriptive, where Freud is seen as offering a non-causal description of psychological phenomena; and the explanatory, where he seems to be making correlations between crucial childhood events and adult behaviour. Noting that the concept of the unconscious is one that has captured the public mind, MacIntyre seeks to discover what it means to assert the existence of the unconscious rather than assess the empirical grounds for such an assertion. His exploration takes in the nature of psychological theory and the problems raised by our ordinary, pre-Freudian view of the mind. This text provides an illustration of how the techniques of linguistic analysis can be applied by modern philosophers.
'[I]nteresting and very suggestive' - Philosophical Review
MacIntyre, Alasdair: -
Alasdair MacIntyre retired from teaching in 2010 and is now an emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame and a permanent senior distinguished research fellow at the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture. During his lengthy academic career, he also taught at Brandeis University, Duke University, Vanderbilt University, and Boston University. He is the author of the award-winning After Virtue. His other publications include two volumes of essays and numerous books, including Whose Justice? Which Rationality? and Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry: Encyclopaedia, Genealogy, and Tradition.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781855065208 |
| ISBN 10 | 1855065207 |
| Title | The Unconscious, The |
| Author | Alasdair Macintyre |
| Series | Key Texts S |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | St Augustine's Press |
| Year published | 1997-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 109 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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