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Zusatztext " Freud! the Reluctant Philosopher is an erudite! thoughtful and challenging book! which amply repays the investment of working through it." ---Daphna Erdinast-Vulcan! European Legacy Informationen zum Autor Alfred I. Tauber is professor of philosophy and the Zoltan Kohn Professor of Medicine at Boston University, where he is also director of the Center for Philosophy and History of Science. His books include Science and the Quest for Meaning , Patient Autonomy and the Ethics of Responsibility , and Henry David Thoreau and the Moral Agency of Knowing . Klappentext Freud began university intending to study both medicine and philosophy. But he was ambivalent about philosophy! regarding it as metaphysical! too limited to the conscious mind! and ignorant of empirical knowledge. Yet his private correspondence and his writings on culture and history reveal that he never forsook his original philosophical ambitions. Indeed! while Freud remained firmly committed to positivist ideals! his thought was permeated with other aspects of German philosophy. Placed in dialogue with his intellectual contemporaries! Freud appears as a reluctant philosopher who failed to recognize his own metaphysical commitments! thereby crippling the defense of his theory and misrepresenting his true achievement. Recasting Freud as an inspired humanist and reconceiving psychoanalysis as a form of moral inquiry! Alfred Tauber argues that Freudianism still offers a rich approach to self-inquiry! one that reaffirms the enduring task of philosophy and many of the abiding ethical values of Western civilization. Zusammenfassung Freud began university intending to study both medicine and philosophy. But he was ambivalent about philosophy, regarding it as metaphysical, too limited to the conscious mind, and ignorant of empirical knowledge. Yet his private correspondence and his writings on culture and history reveal that he never forsook his original philosophical ambitions. Indeed, while Freud remained firmly committed to positivist ideals, his thought was permeated with other aspects of German philosophy. Placed in dialogue with his intellectual contemporaries, Freud appears as a reluctant philosopher who failed to recognize his own metaphysical commitments, thereby crippling the defense of his theory and misrepresenting his true achievement. Recasting Freud as an inspired humanist and reconceiving psychoanalysis as a form of moral inquiry, Alfred Tauber argues that Freudianism still offers a rich approach to self-inquiry, one that reaffirms the enduring task of philosophy and many of the abiding ethical values of Western civilization. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface xi Acknowledgments xix Introduction: Psychoanalysis as Philosophy 1 Chapter One: The Challenge (and Stigma) of Philosophy 24 Chapter Two: Distinguishing Reasons and Causes 54 Chapter Three: Storms over Konigsberg 85 Chapter Four: The Paradox of Freedom 116 Chapter Five: The Odd Triangle: Kant! Nietzsche! and Freud 146 Chapter Six: Who Is the Subject? 174 Chapter Seven: The Ethical Turn 196 Notes 227 References 277 Index 305 ...
