Abstract

In the title of this manuscript lies its purpose and its point. It concerns psychology and it concerns philosophy; and in both instances it concerns Freud. I have tried to examine Freud's theory of psychoanalysis as a legitimate philosophical system, based upon certain philosophical assumptions, and having far-reaching philosophical implications, in the sense that it affects the basic premises of whatever field to which it is applied. There have been many philosophical examinations of Freud and of psychoanalytic theory, but all of them have differed in significant respects from what is attempted here