O projeto para uma psicologia científica de Sigmund Freud / Project for a scientifc psychology by Sigmund Freud

AUTOR(ES)

Tito Livio Ferreira Vieira

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2005

RESUMO

Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) is well known as the founder of psychoanalysis. However, the subject of this research is to study a contribution produced by Freud before psychoanalysis, named A psychology for neurologists (1895). This study was only published after Freuds death and its English version was entitled Project for a Scientific Psychology (1954). It is a very complex and unfinished study where Freud propounded to furnish a psychology that shall be a natural science. The aim of this dissertation is to elucidate whether Freuds Project was well grounded on the scientific knowledge of his time, and if the Project represents a break in relation to the other works published by Freud before and after 1895. This dissertation contains an introduction and three chapters. Chapter 1 discusses Freud and his context and situates the Project in relation to the other works published by Freud. Chapter 2 provides a description of the Project analysing some of this relevant features and tries to elucidate whether there is a relationship between the concepts and ideas presented in the Project and Freuds ideas presented in his other works before and after the Project. Chapter 3 provides some final remarks on the subject as well as answers to the questions presented in the Introduction. This study led to the conclusion that although Freuds purpose in the Project was well grounded in some respects, there were several crucial features which were devoid of empirical foundation. On the other hand, there is a relationship between Project and some others of Freuds publications. Although Freud employed a different terminology in those works, he also improved some of the concepts and ideas which were already present in the Project

ASSUNTO(S)

history of psychology freud, sigmund 1856-1939 projeto para uma psicologia cientifica -- critica e interpretacao history of neurology história da psicologia história da neurologia project projeto ciencias

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