Posted by Atticus on December 3, 2004, at 19:23:38
In reply to Lou's response to Atticus- » Atticus, posted by Lou Pilder on December 3, 2004, at 16:37:52
Sorry, Lou, I really can't sum it up in a single post. I believe Freudianism is nonsense, so it's not really worth the effort. There is no more hard empirical scientific evidence to support Freud's and Jung's theories about concepts such as ego, id, superego, and collective unconscious than there is hard empirical scientific evidence to quantify how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. "Collective unconscious" is a bit of what I perceive as pseudo-scientific gobbledegook that was tossed around by Dr. Bob in his post that prompted my original queries to him. Perhaps you should ask him, as he appears to be a true believer. To my way of thinking, Freudian-based psychoanalysis is really more of a kind of secular faith than it is science. Most therapists steer well clear of it these days. Atticus
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