PPT-Freud, Nietzsche and the Challenge to Positivism

Making of the Modern World Week 13 Structure of Lecture Positivism Nietzsche Freud Concluding thoughts and impact POSITIVISM A philosophical theory stating that positive knowledge is based on natural phenomena and their properties and . 6 Methodological and Epistemic Framework: From Positivism to Post-positivismeconomists are not concerned with the philosophy of science and with epistemological issues, but all of them must work with Family Living 120. Freud’s Stages of Psychosexual Development. Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) is probably the most well known theorist when it comes to the development of personality. . Freud’s Stages of Psychosexual Development. Freud's theory of psychosexual development. Freud's theory of psychosexual development is one of the best known, but also one of the most controversial. . Freud . believed that personality develops through a series of childhood stages during which the pleasure-seeking energies of the . Was he even wrong?. “It just seems wrong”.... In Science, you cannot reject or confirm something based on feelings or anecdotal evidence. . 2 Ways to Reject a Theory:. Prove that it is wrong = falsifiable. Significance of Freud:. Popularized the idea of the unconscious. Started psychoanalysis/Founded Psychodynamic theory. Ended the notion that evil spirits caused mental illness. Methods for tapping the unconscious:. Allen Frances MD . Full Disclosure- I am not a specialist on: . Freud . Neuroscience . Cognitive psychology . Computer science . The social sciences . Art criticism . Philosophy . Intellectual history . Freud said that there were “Three great humiliations . in human history…we are not. in control of our own minds.”. Important dates in his life. Born May 6,1856. At 17 he attended the University of Vienna to study medicine. . Philosophy 224. Sigmund Freud. Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) was an Austrian born neurologist who founded the field of . psychoanalysis. (a therapy and a theory that investigates and addresses the interaction of conscious and unconscious elements in the mind).. Seminal work: Language, Truth and Logic. This was published when he was 26. . He was the most outspoken proponent of Logical Positivism.. Attended Eton and was fairly precocious.. Scholarship to Christ Church, Oxford to study classics.. Marshall . Deodoro. da Fonseca. Positivism. A philosophy and religion founded by French philosopher August Comte from 1847. Through. . science. and . rational. . thought. , . humanity. . will. . Unconscious unresolved conflicts from childhood. Assumptions of the . Psychodynamic . A. pproach. Much of our behaviour is driven by . unconscious. motives – we are born with a . ‘Eros’ . life. High School. Fall . 2016. Personality Unit. There is no man, who is not, at each moment, what he has been and what he will be”- Oscar Wilde.  . In this unit:. Define personality. Learn and apply different perspectives/models of personality, . in human history…we are not. in control of our own minds.”. Important dates in his life. Born May 6,1856. At 17 he attended the University of Vienna to study medicine. . He graduated as a doctor in 1881. . Marshall . Deodoro. da Fonseca. Positivism. A philosophy and religion founded by French philosopher August Comte from 1847. Through. . science. and . rational. . thought. , . humanity. . will. .