Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Introduction: Critique Of The Hermeneutic Conception Of Psychoanalytic Theory And Therapy 1
5. Part I. The Clinical Method Of Psychoanalytic Investigation: Pathfinder Or Pitfall? 95
6. 1. Is Freud's Theory Empirically Testable? 97
7. 2. Did Freud Vindicate His Method Of Clinical Investigation? 127
8. Part II. The Cornerstone Of The Psychoanalytic Edifice: Is The Freudian Theory Of Repression Well Founded?
9. Introduction 174
10. 3. Appraisal Of Freud's Arguments For The Repression Etiology Of The Psychoneuroses 177
11. 4. Examination Of The Psychoanalytic Theory Of Slips—Of Memory, The Tongue, Ear, And Pen 190
12. 5. Repressed Infantile Wishes As Instigators Of All Dreams: Critical Scrutiny Of The Compromise Model Of Manifest Dream Content 216
13. 6. Appraisal Of Freud's Further Arguments For The Emergence Of Unadulterated Repressions Under "Free" Association 240
14. 7. Remarks On Post-Freudian Defenses Of The Fundamental Tenets Of Psychoanalysis 246
15. 8. Can The Repression Etiology Of Psychoneurosis Be Tested Retrospectively? 251
16. Part III. Epilogue
17. 9. The Method Of Free Association And The Future Appraisal Of Psychoanalysis 269
18. 10. Critique Of Freud's Final Defense Of The Probative Value Of Data From The Couch: The Pseudo-Convergence Of Clinical Findings 273
19. 11. Coda On Exegetical Myth-Making In Karl Popper's Indictment Of The Clinical Validation Of Psychoanalysis 279
20. Bibliography 287
21. Indexes 297
22. Name Index 299
23. Subject Index 303