Psychoanalysis?in?the?21st?century:?polymorphic?science?with?a?paradigmatic?quality

Authors

  • Kurt Greiner

Abstract

In the 20th century, analytic philosophers and positivistic thinkers interpreted psychoanalysis as an unscientific or pseudoscientific activity. Even today, philosophical critics do not understand contemporary psychoanalysis as a scientific activity. Just now, constructivist epistemologists enter the current situation of psychoanalytic discussion. However, the “Viennese Constructivists" judge the scientific status of psychoanalysis completely different. In contrast to the well-known traditional philosophical viewpoint on scientific work, they postulate in front of their constructivist background: The method-pluralistic discipline of interpretation called psychoanalysis is totally scientific; moreover, the original methodological situation of psychoanalysis gives a very good example for scientific work in the 21st century. With their special view on science, Viennese Constructivists offer a highly explosive contribution especially to the contemporary disputation about the so-called neuro-psychoanalytic turn.

Keywords Psychoanalysis; Constructivism; Philosophy of science; Epistemology

Author Biography

Kurt Greiner

DDr. Kurt Greiner, geboren 1967, hat Kulturwissenschaften, Psychoanalytische Pädagogik und Epistemologie an der Universität Wien studiert, arbeitete mehrere Jahre in der heilpädagogischen Praxis, war Lektor für Interkulturelle Wissenschaftstheorie an der Universität Wien und ist heute als Wissenschaftsanalytiker in einem transdisziplinären Forschungsteam der Universität Wien tätig.

Korrespondenz: Andergasse 12-22/7/7, 1170 Wien, Österreich

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Published

2007-04-01

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Greiner, K. (2007). Psychoanalysis?in?the?21st?century:?polymorphic?science?with?a?paradigmatic?quality. Psychotherapie-Wissenschaft, (2), 96–103. Retrieved from https://psychotherapie-wissenschaft.info/article/view/128

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No. 2 (2007): Psychotherapie Forum 15/2 (veröffentlicht bei Springer Wien New York)

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