Psychoanalysis as a Science
A Response to the New Challenges
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13647350 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R S Wallerstein (Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital and Clinics, corresponding author), Roberts Wallerstein (Langley Porter Institute 401 Parnassus Ave., Box 40C, San Francisco, CA, 94143) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 414-451 |
| Publication date | 1986-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Psychoanalytic Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2828 • E-ISSN: 2167-4086 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21674086.1986.11927148 |
| PMID | 3749396 |
| OpenAlex | W2418121480 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 20 |
Few theoretical issues in psychoanalysis have been more constantly argued than the status of our discipline as a science. For long the attack has been from the logical positivists and the extensions of their argument by Karl Popper. Over recent decades the debate about the place of our metapsychology has intensified the concerns about our scientific status. In this paper I respond briefly to the logical positivist, the Popperian, and the information-processing systems theory arguments and then develop at greater length a response to the two current, most widespread philosophy-of-science assaults upon our credibility as science, that of the hermeneuticists (Ricoeur, Habermas, Gadamer, and others), and the newest, that of the philosopher, Adolf Grünbaum
Argument (complex analysis · Credibility · Epistemology · Karl popper · Logical positivism · Metapsychology · Philosophy of science · Positivism · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Sociology · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Medicine · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
The quantitative investigation of psychoanalytic theory and therapy
The relevance of Freud's psychoanalysis in the 21st century
Popper was not a Positivist
Author's Response
Invited Essay
Commentary
The Future of Psychoanalysis
Thinking about Psychoanalytic Curricula
What kind of research in psychoanalytic science
Psychoanalysis, Psychoanalytic Science, and Psychoanalytic Research-1986
Deterministic Chaos and the Sciences of Complexity
Toward an Epistemology of Clinical Psychoanalysis
Pitfalls of a One-Sided Image of Science
Foundations of Psychoanalysis Reconsidered
Psychoanalytic Controversies Contextualized
The Psychoanalytic Case Study
Can Analysts Agree? The Problems of Consensus and the Psychoanalytic Mannequin
Suggestion and Veridicality in the Reconstruction of Sexual Trauma, or can a Bait of Suggestion Catch a Carp of Falsehood
Building a Bridge Over Troubled Water
How Treating Psychoanalysts Respond To Psychotherapy Research Constraints
Kohut's Method of Interpretation
Indian psychoanalysis, patriarchy and hinduisma
Conjectures and Refutations
Narrative Truth and Historical Truth
The current status of psychoanalytic theory
Individuality and generalization in the psychology of personality1
Inhibitions, Symptoms and Anxiety
Psychoanalysis, Scientific Method and Philosophy. A Symposium
Psychoanalysis and Hermeneutics
Models of the Psychic Apparatus
The Question Of Proof In Freud's Psychoanalytic Writings
The Role of Prediction in Theory Building in Psychoanalysis
The Problem Of Confirmation In Clinical Psychoanalysis
Is Psychoanalysis “Our Science“? Reflections on the Scientific Status of Psychoanalysis
The psychoanalytic process
Surprise and the Psychoanalyst
| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,58 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 2018 (31) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |