Freud addressed the deepest philosophical question. — Protagoras
I think that Freud is an extremely important thinker and I even created a thread on his ideas about 6 months ago. Generally, he made such an important contribution to culture, and brought sexuality into focus. But, a lot of people, especially feminists, disagreed with the idea of the Oedipus complex. In addition, a lot of philosophers think that the models of both Freud and Jung are not compatible with current scientific knowledge. — Jack Cummins
This is because I prefer to integrate many diverse ideas about psychology, including the ideas of the cognitive behavioral thinkers. — Jack Cummins
Freud addressed the deepest philosophical question. What motivates and drives humans and why? — Protagoras
Jung’s criticism of Freud’s theory of the unconscious, and of the excessive importance he gives to sexuality as a key determinant of behavior, etc., seem to be justified. — Apollodorus
Freud has always gained my respect as a psychologist who, as wacky as it may seem to some, brought to light the many interesting, strange, and dysfunctional elements of human sexuality. And as we know, there are many. — 3017amen
A quibble I would not make elsewhere, that the emphasis on interpretation of "evidence-based practice." And this also and unfortunately often including interpretation of what constitutes evidence.but with some emphasis on evidence based practice. — Jack Cummins
I think this gets the sense of the thing, and thank you for it! I've nothing more to add.This is probably because they came from a science background, and there is a division between psychology as a science or an art. Generally, I think that approaches to psychology as an art, as opposed to that of a science, place more emphasis on the ideas of Freud. — Jack Cummins
Though Freud did make some interesting contributions, it must not be forgotten that he was quite critical of philosophy as he was of religion. — Apollodorus
Psychology and philosophy - as I am sure you realize - not to be confused. If science is about the how of things and philosophy about the truth of things, then what is psychology about? — tim wood
He wasn’t critical of all philosophy. — Joshs
why do you think he is neglected as a thinker? — Protagoras
using philosophical explication to make explicit what was implicit in their psychologies. To me making an inquiry more philosophical is just the process of turning what has been tacitly assumed into an articulated presupposition. Thus there are more and less ‘philosophical’ psychologies. — Joshs
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