[tips] Re Freud - what is a theory

2007-11-27 Thread Pollak, Edward
Annette wrote, Just a small point in this discussion. Even we, as good scientists, fall into the trap of calling Freud's (and Piaget's for that matter, and a whole host of others) theories, theories when in fact, if they cannot be falsified they cannot be legitimately called theories. As such I

[tips] Re Freud

2007-11-26 Thread Allen Esterson
Re the discussion on Freud, I agree entirely with Chris and the other TIPSters that Freud's ideas should be discussed in psychology classes (though, of course, not taught as discoveries as they once were). I have, however, one caveat. Unfortunately virtually all psychology texts give

[tips] Re Freud

2007-11-26 Thread Allen Esterson
On 25 November 2007 Beth wrote re the seduction theory episode: [...] That said, I would like to find out how many other TIPSters have come across this scenario: Masson's concept is still going strong in textbooks! I inherited a Personality Theory class from a colleague with medical

[tips] Re Freud

2007-11-26 Thread Allen Esterson
Correction: The URL for my first seduction theory journal article was botched in my previous message. It should have been: http://www.esterson.org/Masson_and_Freuds_seduction_theory.htm --Allen Esterson ---

Re: [tips] Re Freud - what is a theory

2007-11-26 Thread taylor
Just a small point in this discussion. Even we, as good scientists, fall into the trap of calling Freud's (and Piaget's for that matter, and a whole host of others) theories, theories when in fact, if they cannot be falsified they cannot be legitimately called theories. As such I think we need

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2007-11-26 Thread Marc Carter
] Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 8:18 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [SPAM] - Re: [tips] Re Freud - what is a theory - Bayesian Filter detected spam Just a small point in this discussion. Even we, as good scientists, fall into the trap of calling Freud's (and Piaget's

Re: [tips] Re Freud - what is a theory

2007-11-26 Thread Gerald Peterson
I call them perspectives or views. I feel Piaget's ideas however, were clearly (and in some cases have been) falsifiable. Most of the views in a personality text are not strong theories, but then Psych is not known for strong theories. In most journals, theoretical, speculative notions are

Re: [tips] Re Freud - what is a theory

2007-11-26 Thread Paul Brandon
At 8:17 AM -0600 11/26/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a small point in this discussion. Even we, as good scientists, fall into the trap of calling Freud's (and Piaget's for that matter, and a whole host of others) theories, theories when in fact, if they cannot be falsified they cannot be

[tips] RE: Freud and Don Imus

2007-04-12 Thread Marc Carter
I don't think we need to appeal to Freud, here. Imus has a pattern of misogynistic and bigoted comments that goes back a long time. That's sufficient to strongly suggest that he's a misogynistic bigot. m -- There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares

[tips] FW: RE: Freud and Don Imus

2007-04-12 Thread Bob Grossman
College Professor of Psychology [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Marc Carter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 10:25 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] RE: Freud and Don Imus I don't think we need to appeal to Freud, here

[tips] Re: Freud and Don Imus

2007-04-12 Thread Beth Benoit
I don't think many would agree that MSNBC did the right thing. Two weeks suspension doesn't cut it. To really send a message, he should be out! When are we going to get serious about rejecting the I was only kidding, Can't you take a joke? and Sorry if you were offended apologies? Beth

[tips] Re: Freud and Don Imus

2007-04-12 Thread Lavin, Michael
PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Re: Freud and Don Imus I don't think many would agree that MSNBC did the right thing. Two weeks suspension doesn't cut it. To really send a message, he should be out! When are we going to get serious about rejecting the I

[tips] RE: Freud and Don Imus

2007-04-12 Thread Shearon, Tim
Louis- Though I don't completely agree with your assessment- I do agree with the manifest idea of the absurdity of all this hype (in the media, I mean). On the one hand, perhaps things are better than you seem to think. (I have been doing taxes most of the day so I admit my data are somewhat

[tips] RE: Freud and Don Imus

2007-04-12 Thread Louis Schmier
As Edmund Burke said, All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing. Maybe, then, Tim, this is evidence that we need to be and should be less silent and do more on a daily basis. Make it a good day. --Louis-- Louis Schmier

[tips] Re: Freud revisited

2006-07-15 Thread Steven Specht
I was not trying to be huffy... I think the question is ill-conceived. On Jul 13, 2006, at 11:01 AM, Pollak, Edward wrote: was Freud trying to be rational about irrational behavior? What am I missing? If a student asked me that question I'd simply say, yes, that's what he was TRYING to do.

[tips] Re: Freud revisited

2006-07-13 Thread Pollak, Edward
was Freud trying to be rational about irrational behavior? What am I missing? If a student asked me that question I'd simply say, yes, that's what he was TRYING to do. What's with all the huffiness? (other than the source, of course.) Ed ~~~ Edward I. Pollak,

[tips] Re: Freud revisited

2006-07-12 Thread Steven Specht
If a student in my class asked a question like this, I would certainly have to say Please elaborate. On Jul 11, 2006, at 6:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: was Freud trying to be rational about irrational behavior? Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your

[tips] Re: Freud revisited

2006-07-12 Thread Scott Lilienfeld
@acsun.frostburg.edu Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 10:01 AM Subject: [tips] Re: Freud revisited If a student in my class asked a question like this, I would certainly have to say Please elaborate. On Jul 11, 2006, at 6:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: was Freud trying to be rational about irrational

[tips] Re: Freud revisited

2006-07-12 Thread Gary Klatsky
small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field. Albert Einstein -Original Message- From: Scott Lilienfeld [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 10:15 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Re: Freud

[tips] RE: Freud iceberg quote: source

2006-05-25 Thread Stuart McKelvie
Dear Tipsters, I reproduce (far) below the recent posting by Michael Donnelly and two last week by Jon Mueller and Alan Esterson. I think it is clear now that we have not found the term iceberg in Freud, but I would like to draw attention again to the point made by Jon and Alan that Freud did

[tips] Re: Freud iceberg quote: source

2006-05-25 Thread Christopher D. Green
The search for historical "firsts" almost always ends up like this. The line between a "true" original instance and a "near-miss" precursor becomes finer and finer until it seems to vanish completely. Then one starts erecting fairly aribtrary "signposts" in order to rule out the instances one

[tips] Re: Freud iceberg quote: source

2006-05-25 Thread Donnelly, Michael
in the process of doing the same thing for the iceberg idea. -Mike D. From: Christopher D. Green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 9:29 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Re: Freud iceberg quote: source The search

[tips] Re: Freud iceberg quote: source

2006-05-24 Thread Jeffry Ricker
On May 24, 2006, at 1:49 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:I've requested a copy of the first edition of volume 2 of Elemente  to see what old Fechner actually said on p, 521. It will be in German, of course, which I don't understand, but I think I will be able to recognize "eisberg" if it appears

[tips] Re: Freud iceberg quote: source

2006-05-24 Thread sblack
In an earlier post, I noted my suspicion that our acceptance of Fechner as the possible source of the iceberg analogy may be premature, given the ambiguity in the Ernest Jones reference on which this conclusion is based. I said that I was going to check the original (Book 2 of Elemente der

[tips] Re: Freud iceberg quote: source

2006-05-24 Thread Jeffry Ricker
On May 24, 2006, at 6:42 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Neverthless, I don't think I would consider the Herbart version as you'vedescribed it as a true iceberg analogy. Just because it involves icefloating isn't enough. It has to be clear that it is intended toillustrate that, like an iceberg, the

[tips] Re: Freud iceberg quote: source

2006-05-20 Thread Ken Steele
I spent a couple of pleasant hours on the PsychClassics website. Chris has several articles which discuss consciousness and psychoanalytic concepts but I was unable to find any use of the iceberg analogy. But I did discover this interesting read: Boring, Edwin G. (1951). The woman problem.

[tips] Re: Freud iceberg quote: source

2006-05-19 Thread Allen Esterson
I've had another go at tracing the iceberg analogy in Freud's writings, but with no success. Numerous websites quote Freud in the same words: The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water. But not one of them gives a reference, though a couple give (different)

[tips] Re: Freud iceberg quote: source

2006-05-19 Thread msylvester
Check out a work by a British dude named Gilbert Ryle.I think the book is titled the Concept of Mind. Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tipstext_mode=0lang=english

[tips] Re: Freud iceberg quote: source

2006-05-19 Thread Donnelly, Michael
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 8:56 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Re: Freud iceberg quote: source Check out a work by a British dude named Gilbert Ryle.I think the book is titled the Concept of Mind. Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach

[tips] Re: Freud iceberg quote: source

2006-05-19 Thread Robert Hoff
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 8:56 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Re: Freud iceberg quote: source Check out a work by a British dude named Gilbert Ryle.I think the book is titled the Concept of Mind. Michael Sylvester

[tips] Re: Freud iceberg quote: source

2006-05-19 Thread Annette Taylor, Ph. D.
Well, the good news here, then, is that most likely Freud was not a plagiarist, stealing Fechner analogy :) Annette Quoting Allen Esterson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I've had another go at tracing the iceberg analogy in Freud's writings, but with no success. Numerous websites quote Freud in the

[tips] Re: Freud iceberg quote: source

2006-05-19 Thread DeVolder Carol L
/cdevolder.htm From: Annette Taylor, Ph. D. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri 5/19/2006 9:59 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Re: Freud iceberg quote: source Well, the good news here, then, is that most likely Freud

[tips] Re: Freud iceberg quote: source

2006-05-19 Thread sblack
On 19 May 2006 at 7:39, Allen Esterson wrote: I've had another go at tracing the iceberg analogy in Freud's writings, but with no success. Numerous websites quote Freud in the same words: The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water. But not one of them

[tips] Re: Freud iceberg quote: source

2006-05-19 Thread Ken Steele
8:56 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Re: Freud iceberg quote: source Check out a work by a British dude named Gilbert Ryle.I think the book is titled the Concept of Mind. Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription

[tips] Re: Freud iceberg quote: source

2006-05-19 Thread Rick Froman
Title: [tips] Re: Freud iceberg quote: source In the entertainment world, I don't know if plagiarism even exists as acategory (copyright would be more of a concern). As entertainment, itcould bedefendedas an arcane pop culture allusion a la Dennis Miller. (Anddon't tell me thatNBC News

[tips] Re: Freud iceberg quote: source

2006-05-19 Thread Rick Froman
Title: [tips] Re: Freud iceberg quote: source The Kentucky Derby-West Wing plagiarism segment can be seen at http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_daily_show/videos/most_recent/index.jhtml by clicking to watch the segment titled Plagiarism. And it turns out that I think the reporter would

[tips] Re: Freud iceberg quote: source

2006-05-19 Thread Annette Taylor, Ph. D.
Laundry? Cook dinner? Grade term papers? Waste time tracking down the mystery source of the quote? YES! The search for the elusive iceberg quote is turning out to be quite fun?MUCH more fun than grading term papers ;) I did a simple google search and found it on several website, including

[tips] Re: Freud iceberg quote: source

2006-05-19 Thread Donnelly, Michael
. -Original Message- From: Annette Taylor, Ph. D. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 6:33 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Re: Freud iceberg quote: source Laundry? Cook dinner? Grade term papers? Waste time tracking down the mystery source

[tips] Re: Freud iceberg quote: source

2006-05-18 Thread Michael Scoles
Not Freud, but Nietzsche. Michael T. Scoles, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology Counseling University of Central Arkansas Conway, AR 72035 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/18/06 11:35 AM I am looking for a source on the Freud iceberg quote. You know the one: The mind is like an iceberg, it floats

[tips] Re: Freud iceberg quote: source

2006-05-18 Thread Mike Donnelly
Nietzsche, interesting. Any idea which of his works specifically? A brief Google search didn't turn up much. I've seen this analogy attributed to Fechner, who supposedly uses it in his Elements of Psychophysics (1860). This makes sense to me (without checking the source) because the Elements was

[tips] Re: Freud iceberg quote: source

2006-05-18 Thread Marc Carter
PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 2:04 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Re: Freud iceberg quote: source Nietzsche, interesting. Any idea which of his works specifically? A brief Google search didn't turn up much. I've seen this analogy attributed

[tips] Re: Freud iceberg quote: source

2006-05-18 Thread Allen Esterson
Scholes Subject: Re: Freud iceberg quote: source Body: Not Freud, but Nietzsche. Michael T. Scoles, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology Counseling University of Central Arkansas Conway, AR 72035 - Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 13:39:23 -0500 Author

[tips] Re: Freud iceberg quote: source

2006-05-18 Thread Mike Donnelly
I went to our library today and I browsed every volume of The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud edited by James Strachey (1966 version). I searched every index, and the word iceberg never appears. I also looked at every Fechner ref (there were lots), found no

[tips] Re: Freud iceberg quote: source

2006-05-18 Thread Allen Esterson
-0400 Author: Mike Donnelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Freud iceberg quote: source I went to our library today and I browsed every volume of The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud edited by James Strachey (1966 version). I searched every index

Re: Freud again

2004-10-24 Thread Scott O Lilienfeld PhD
My understanding is that Rorschach did indeed select cards that seemed to do a decent job of distinguishing schizophrenic (or perhaps more broadly psychotic) individuals from non-schizophrenic individuals. So Christopher Green is correct that at least some of Rorschach stimuli were selected

Re: Freud yet again

2004-10-22 Thread Allen Esterson
I thought I'd already posted this message this morning (Friday) but as I see no sign of it online at TIPS I'll post it again (or for the first time!) On 21 October Fulton Aubyn wrote: I don't share your blanket rejection of the Gay Biography; it certainly is favorably disposed towards Freud,

Re: Freud again

2004-10-22 Thread Allen Esterson
A few points in response to Stephen's and Aubyn's postings on 21 October: Stephen wrote: Blaming Freud and his undeniable deadness are not the issue here. The question was whether Freudian concepts are still used in the practice of present-day clinical psychology. Unfortunately, they are. And I

Re: Freud yet again (and JB Watson)

2004-10-22 Thread Ken Steele
Allen Esterson wrote: Gay endorses Freud's absurd interpretations and dubious claim of a cure in the Little Hans case history. And far from the development of the little boy's horse phobia being something unexplained as Gay contends, the patient told his father (who reported the boy's

Re: freud again

2004-10-22 Thread Christopher D. Green
Much more importantly (IMHO), censoring one's history course to suit ones personal theoretical sensibilities is just plain Orwellian. Freud was influential -- you teach it. You don't have to enodrse it. (I assume you teach about, say, eugenics without endorsing it, yes?) Astonished, --

Re: freud again

2004-10-22 Thread Michael Scoles
Phrenology was influential but, other than for a brief mention in the context of localization of function, would you spend much time on it? Would it be Orwellian to not mention it? Michael T. Scoles, Ph.D.Interim Chair, Dept. Psychology CounselingUniversity of Central ArkansasConway, AR 72035

Re: freud again

2004-10-22 Thread Michael Scoles
I don't know what place you mean. Making a point with another example doesn't put you anywhere special. You are saying that phrenology, as silly as it was, deserves mention in a historical context. That is what some are arguing when it comes to Freud. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/22/04 2:07:33 PM

RE: Freud again

2004-10-22 Thread Aubyn Fulton
Allen wrote… I've rebutted Aubyn's repeated contention that the assumption behind my postings on Freud is that psychology suffers from an uncritical acceptance of Freudian dogma more than once, and I don't know what more I can say to disabuse him of his conviction that this is the case. Aubyn

RE: freud

2004-10-21 Thread Dennis Goff
I teach Developmental Psychology and noticed that the problems Gary points were more obvious in those texts. So, a few years ago (probably more than 10) I added to my list of criteria for textbooks in that course that the book must minimize its presentation of Freudian Theory. If a text

Re: Freud again

2004-10-21 Thread Dr . Bob Wildblood
I think it would be interesting to conduct a survey of clinical psychologists on this list. 1. When did you receive your training? 2. Where did you receive your training? 3. Were the ideas of Freud a significant part of your training? 4. If Freud were not a significant part of your training,

Re: Freud again

2004-10-21 Thread Christopher D. Green
Stephen Black wrote: In other words, the Rorschach is a fine example of a well-constructed and validated test, exactly as an empiricist would have wanted? No, it is mostly worthless. But my understanding is that it was constructed along empiricist lines. My point was that the two are not

Re: Freud--to teach?

2004-05-18 Thread Allen Esterson
://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/articleprint.php?num=57 http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/articleprint.php?num=58 -- Thu, 13 May 2004 19:40:01 -0400 Author: Gerald Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Freud--to teach? It is indeed a more dynamic Hydra

Re: Freud again

2004-05-14 Thread Allen Esterson
On 13 May 2004, Stephen Black wrote [snip]: When I teach Freud, I end with the following quotation from the great Nobel prize-winning scientist, Peter Medawar: [Freud's theory] although posing as science, had in fact more in common with primitive myth than with science... it resembled

Re: Freud again

2004-05-14 Thread Stephen Black
I wrote: When I teach Freud, I end with the following quotation from the great Nobel prize-winning scientist, Peter Medawar: [Freud's theory] although posing as science, had in fact more in common with primitive myth than with science... it resembled astrology rather than

Re: Freud again

2004-05-13 Thread Stephen Black
On 13 May 2004, Allen Esterson wrote: While I agree that Freud should be “covered” in basic psychology, the problem is that a lot of mythological stories are presented in College psychology texts about the origins and development of psychoanalysis and about Freud’s case histories Allen's

Re: Freud Revisited

2004-04-18 Thread Allen Esterson
Cheri Budzynsky wrote on 16 April: The May issue of Scientific American has an article on Freud and Neuroscience for those that are interested. I am a little dismayed by these articles since it is a very small group of neuroscientists that believe that neuroscience can explain Freud. These

Re: Freud Revisited

2004-04-18 Thread David Hogberg
of possible interest d David K. Hogberg, PhD Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Albion College, Albion MI 49224 [EMAIL PROTECTED] home phone: 517/629-4834 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/18/04 06:04 AM Cheri Budzynsky wrote on 16 April: The May issue of Scientific American has an

Re: Freud and attachment theory

2004-03-21 Thread Allen Esterson
A correction: Sorry, I made a slip in my last message (no excuses, but it *is* difficult keeping track of Freud’s contradictory assertions). I wrote: “Odder still, although in 1925 he was still asserting that “in both cases [boys and girls] the mother is the original [libidinal] object” (1925, SE

Re: Freud query

2004-03-11 Thread Allen Esterson
Stephen Black wrote. First, I went back to the site that I referenced for that BBC tape of Freud, and the gloss does say that Freud read the message. In fact, there's a picture of Freud holding the script. But it is interesting to know that Freud had mastered English, even if his thick

Re: Freud query

2004-03-11 Thread bbenoit
Interestingly, during a discussion of Freud in my Intro. class, one of the students said of Freud, in a dismissive tone: Didn't he use cocaine? Maybe that's where he came up with his wild ideas about sex! Well, that's not a perspective on Freud I'd entertained before. Thought you'd all enjoy

Re: Freud query

2004-03-11 Thread Drnanjo
"Didn't he use cocaine? Maybe that's where he came upwith his wild ideas about sex!"" Perhaps not, but I would wager that it contributed to his own high regard for his theories and inability to take the feedback that patients gave him without blaming them rather than examining his theories

Re: Freud query

2004-03-11 Thread Christopher D. Green
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interestingly, during a discussion of Freud in my Intro. class, one of the students said of Freud, in a dismissive tone: Didn't he use cocaine? Maybe that's where he came up with his wild ideas about sex! You might politely point out to the student that people had wild

Re: Freud query

2004-03-11 Thread Allen Esterson
I hope I'll be allowed a fourth posting to correct an aberration on my part. Out of the minds of babes and students should, of course, have read Out of the mouths of babes and students. Anyone know where the original (correct) quote comes from? Sounds as if could be Shakespeare (it usually is -

Re: Freud query

2004-03-10 Thread Rob Hoff
Is that excerpt from the Nova program, Freud Under Analysis? I assume the older friend is Breuer (Fliess not my guess). Rob Rob Hoff, Professor of Psychology Mercyhurst College Erie, PA 16546 Stephen Black wrote: This morning I'm going to play a remarkable audio tape of Freud, suffering

Re: Freud query

2004-03-10 Thread Jodi Gabert
: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 11:37 AM Subject: Re: Freud query Is that excerpt from the Nova program, Freud Under Analysis? I assume the older friend is Breuer (Fliess not my guess). Rob Rob Hoff, Professor of Psychology Mercyhurst College Erie, PA 16546 Stephen Black wrote: This morning I'm

RE: Freud query

2004-03-10 Thread Allen Esterson
Extract from 1939 Freud tape: I started my professional activity as a neurologist trying to bring relief to my neurotic patients. Under the influence of an older friend and by my own efforts I discovered some important new facts about the unconscious in psychic life, the role of instinctual

Re: Freud-Plato Question

2003-09-15 Thread sylvestm
On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 14:15:23 -0400 Lenore Frigo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote. This is from one of my online students... Is Freud's id, ego and superego based on Plato's three part soul which consists of reason, emotion and appetite? Thanks for any help, Lenore Frigo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Most

Re: Freud-Plato Question

2003-09-15 Thread Deb Briihl
While I understand that these concepts do not directly map on to each other, I believe that they are similar enough that one could make the argument that they do seem to be very similar to each other. When I teach history of psych, I spend more time discussing other individuals who had

Re: Freud-Plato Question

2003-09-13 Thread Christopher D. Green
Allen Esterson wrote: Leonore Frigo wrote: This is from one of my online students... Is Freud's id, ego and superego based on Plato's three part soul which consists of reason, emotion and appetite? Christopher Green replied: No, acutally this was someone else. When I was an

RE: Freud and humanity

2003-09-12 Thread John Kulig
simply that others may simply live Contemporary saying. -Original Message- From: Hetzel, Rod [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 7:29 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: RE: Freud and humanity Thanks for the reference, Cecil. I'm looking

Re: Freud-Plato Question

2003-09-12 Thread Steven Specht
When I was an undergraduate, oh so many years ago, I wrote what, at the time, I considered to be my most original paper for a class (i.e., I had not read anything like it before). In the paper, I compared Freud's three components of the psyche with Plato's three components of the Republic (i.e.,

Re: Freud-Plato Question

2003-09-12 Thread Christopher D. Green
Steven Specht wrote: When I was an undergraduate, oh so many years ago, I wrote what, at the time, I considered to be my most original paper for a class (i.e., I had not read anything like it before). In the paper, I compared Freud's three components of the psyche with Plato's three

RE: Freud and humanity

2003-09-11 Thread Allen Esterson
Rod Hetzl wrote: Hey folks. Someone made a passing reference in one of our recent religion discussions about how Freud believed that people were too inherently self-centered (or something else) to truly turn the other cheek or love others. Can someone point me to some of Freud's writing

Re: Freud and humanity

2003-09-11 Thread Dr. Cecil Hutto
I found "The Question of God" to be an interesting read. However, I thought the author attempted too often to make implications about Freud's personal life/behaviors that were unnecessary. And I should say that I'm a behaviorist and no great fan of Freud or his theories. Cecil Hetzel, Rod

RE: Freud and humanity

2003-09-11 Thread Hetzel, Rod
Thanks for the reference, Cecil. I'm looking forward to reading it. -Original Message- From: Dr. Cecil Hutto [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu 9/11/2003 10:45 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Cc: Subject: Re: Freud

Re: Freud and humanity

2003-09-10 Thread Stephen Black
On 10 Sep 2003, Hetzel, Rod wrote: Hey folks. Someone made a passing reference in one of our recent religion discussions about how Freud believed that people were too inherently self-centered (or something else) to truly turn the other cheek or love others. Can someone point me to some of

RE: Freud and humanity

2003-09-10 Thread Hetzel, Rod
Sciences Subject: Re: Freud and humanity On 10 Sep 2003, Hetzel, Rod wrote: Hey folks. Someone made a passing reference in one of our recent religion discussions about how Freud believed that people were too inherently self-centered (or something else) to truly turn the other cheek

Re: Freud, Drugs and Victoria...

2003-03-27 Thread Hugo Klappenbach
Dear jean-Marc Another source may be Byck , R. (Ed.) (1974). Sigmund Freud. Cocaine Papers. New York: Stonehill Publishers. The book includes notes by Freud's daughter, Ana, and writings and letters from Sigmund Freud himself. Also includes a history of cocaine during 19th Century. Sincerely Dr.

Re: Freud, Drugs and Victoria...

2003-03-27 Thread Allen Esterson
On 26 Mar 2003, Jean-Marc Perreault wrote: A student asked me for one or few references where he could find good info regarding illicit drug usage during the Victorian era, and more specifically Freud's usage of Cocaine. Stephen Black replied: My guess is that you'll find plenty of good stuff

Re: Freud, Drugs and Victoria...

2003-03-26 Thread Stephen Black
On 26 Mar 2003, Jean-Marc Perreault wrote: A student asked me for one or few references where he could find good info regarding illicit drug usage during the Victorian era, and more specifically Freud's usage of Cocaine. Hi Marc: My guess is that you'll find plenty of good stuff in E.M

Re: Freud and the Kabbalah

2002-10-25 Thread James Guinee
Ugh. We don't have any choice NOW From: Mike Scoles [EMAIL PROTECTED] Must we endure circumcision jokes? Is this Jewish week on Tips? Michael Sylvester,PhD --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Freud questions

2002-10-25 Thread James Guinee
I've read an excellent biography of Freud that claims he drew more inspiration for his ideas (e.g., the Talmud) than he claimed. I believe David Bakan wrote a book called _Freud and the Jewish Mystical Tradition_. You might have a look at that. -- Christopher D. Green Thanks!! Jim G

Re: Freud questions

2002-10-24 Thread Allen Esterson
On 23 October John Kulig wrote: Anna Freud was his daughter (who developed psychoanalytic ideas on adolescence). Anna Freud is most famous for her work with young children. Her bitter dispute with Melanie Klein in relation to Klein’s notions about supposed pre-Oedipal infantile phantasies almost

Re: Freud questions

2002-10-24 Thread Christopher D. Green
James Guinee wrote: 2) Was he very religious, and/or did his religiosity play a role in his theorizing or practice? As far as I recall, no to the first question, but the second question depends on whom you read/ask. I've read an excellent biography of Freud that claims he drew more

RE: Freud and the Kaballah

2002-10-24 Thread Mike Scoles
Must we endure circumcision jokes? Is this Jewish week on Tips? Michael Sylvester,PhD --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Freud questions

2002-10-24 Thread James Guinee
2) Was he very religious, and/or did his religiosity play a role in his theorizing or practice? As far as I recall, no to the first question, but the second question depends on whom you read/ask. I've read an excellent biography of Freud that claims he drew more inspiration for his ideas

RE: Freud questions

2002-10-23 Thread John Kulig
Traci: Freud described himself as an atheist. But did had opinions on the topic. He described religious experiences as oceanic - connections between us and the outside. In his routine theories he believed ego development to be clarification of the ego vis-à-vis the outside world (i.e. an

Re: RE: Freud questions

2002-10-23 Thread sylvestm
On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 11:50:07 -0400 John Kulig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote. Traci: Freud described himself as an atheist. But did had opinions on the topic. He described religious experiences as oceanic - connections between us and the outside. In his routine theories he believed ego

Re: Freud questions

2002-10-23 Thread Beth Benoit
Freud had six children: Mathilde, 1887; Jean-Martin, 1889; Olivier, 1891; Ernst, 1892; Sophie, 1893; Anna, 1895. I'm wondering about referring to Freud as an atheist Here's an excerpt from the website of the National Goldman Museum for the Jewish Diaspora: Freud was not a practicing Jew,

Re: Freud questions

2002-10-23 Thread Stephen Black
On 23 Oct 2002, Beth Benoit wrote: For Freudophiles, here's an interesting ancestry website which shows names of children, spouses, etc. Jean-Martin is listed in a couple of places as Dr., but nothing more specific than that... http://emquad.home.att.net/ancestry/fam00667.htm There's a

RE: Freud questions

2002-10-23 Thread Traci Giuliano
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Re: Freud questions

2002-10-23 Thread Beth Benoit
, October 23, 2002 4:43 PM Subject: Re: Freud questions On 23 Oct 2002, Beth Benoit wrote: For Freudophiles, here's an interesting ancestry website which shows names of children, spouses, etc. Jean-Martin is listed in a couple of places as Dr., but nothing more specific than that... http

Re: Freud, genital mutilation, and human trash

2002-02-06 Thread Stephen Black
My thanks to Allen Esterson for clarifying the details of the Fliess incident. Freud wasn't present for the original surgery (as I had mistakenly said), but he was there when the rescuing surgeon had to be called in. And none too happy, apparently. This exchange gives me the opportunity to ask

Re: Freud, genital mutilation, and human trash

2002-02-06 Thread Allen Esterson
Two points on Stephen Black's 6th December message: We don't know if Freud was present when Fliess operated on Emma Eckstein. His letters to Fliess do not say, but it seems to me very likely that he was. After all, he was a physician and Eckstein was *his* patient, and Fliess may well have

RE: Freud and genital mutilation

2002-02-05 Thread Goss, Bill
I seem to remember that he did research in university on the structure of testes of the eel - maybe there was some mutilation involved? But not female eels as far as I know. __ Bill Goss College of the Rockies Box 8500 Cranbrook, BC, Canada V1C 5L7 email:

Re: Freud and genital mutilation

2002-02-05 Thread Stephen Black
On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Rob Weisskirch wrote: TIPSfolk, As I was lecturing on Freud, a student commented that Freud had performed some genital mutilation on women. Although I think that this is probably some twist of the Electra complex and penis envy, I thought since Freud was a

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