Freud and Philosophy of Mind, Volume 1: Reconstructing the Argument for Unconscious Mental States

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This book consists of a focused and systematic analysis of Freud’s implicit argument for unconscious mental states. The author employs the unique approach of applying contemporary philosophical methods, especially Kripke-Putnam essentialism, in analyzing Freud’s argument. The book elaborates how Freud transformed the intentionality theory of his Cartesian teacher Franz Brentano into what is essentially a sophisticated modern view of the mind. Indeed, Freud redirected Brentano's analysis of consciousness as intentionality into a view of consciousness-independent intentionalism about the mental that in effect set the agenda for latter-twentieth-century philosophy of mind. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Introduction: Should Freud be Taken Seriously as a Philosopher of Mind? (Jerome C. Wakefield)....Pages 1-14 Freud and the Transformations of Psychology and Philosophy of Mind (Jerome C. Wakefield)....Pages 15-55 “Unconscious” as “Mental and Not Conscious”: Why Repression, the Dynamic Unconscious, and Psychopathology Are Irrelevant to Freud’s Philosophical Argument (Jerome C. Wakefield)....Pages 57-103 The Semantic Objection to Freud’s Thesis (Jerome C. Wakefield)....Pages 105-128 Freud’s Response to the Semantic Objection: Concepts, Essentialism, and the Definition of “Mental” (Jerome C. Wakefield)....Pages 129-164 Brentano, Freud’s Philosophical Interlocutor (Jerome C. Wakefield)....Pages 165-210 Cartesianism Without the Consciousness Criterion: Solving the Mystery of Freud’s Missing Account of the Mental (Jerome C. Wakefield)....Pages 211-240 Freud’s Direct Arguments Against the Consciousness Criterion (Jerome C. Wakefield)....Pages 241-262 Freud’s Argument, Part 1: Phenomenal Representationality as the Essence of the Mental (Jerome C. Wakefield)....Pages 263-284 Freud’s Argument, Part 2: Brain Representationality as the Essence of the Mental (Jerome C. Wakefield)....Pages 285-347 Conclusion: The Freudian Century in Philosophy of Mind (Jerome C. Wakefield)....Pages 349-360 Back Matter ....Pages 361-382