Research on the couch: single case studies, subjectivity, and psychoanalytic knowledge

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Is psychoanalysis knowledge? Is psychoanalysis a science, or is it hermeneutics? Can clinical material be considered research data? Psychoanalysis is ambiguous about whether it is about meaning or about truth, and the relations between these two compelling experiences. Psychoanalysts often think of their work as closer to the humanities than to medical and natural science. The wider the gap between science and psychoanalysis appears, the more psychoanalysts feel pulled to something that respect…

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Full title :Research on the couch : single case studies, subjectivity, and psychoanalytic knowledge / authored by R.D. Hinshelwood

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Publication Date:2013
Edition:1. ed

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Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013

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Description:204 s

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ISBN:9780415625197, 9780415625203, 9780203374559, 020337455X, 041562519X, 0415625203
oclc:ocn826593053
LC Classification:RC504
Dewey Decimal:616.89 17

Preface. Part I: Introduction. Holding the centre. Research off the couch. Possibilities. Part II: Basics: What is belief, what is science? Feeling convinced. Reality and objectivity: Concerning the 'psychoanalysis-as-science' debate. What is knowledge? The scientific model of knowledge-production. Singl case studies: Their validity. Freud's claims. What about hermeneutics? Is ther a post-modern approach? Inference and occurrences. So far, so good; concluding Part II. Part III: Justifying psychoanalytic knowledge. Certainty and single cases: Research designs for psychoanalysis. Selecting facts; circular argument Causal theories and hermeneutic theories. Theories and meaning occurrences. Change sequence as evidence. Prediction: Results and false positives. Causes and meanings: again. Part IV -- Testing the test. What you can do with clinical material. A moment of repression. Sexual hyperactivity disorder. Clinical archaeology -- The Ratman. Comparative research. The two analyses of Dr Kohut. Weiss' Miss P. The Angry Lad. In conclusion. References.