Main description:

*This book critically rethinks the epistemological foundations of psychoanalysis through a close reading of Freud's oedipal theory *Provides a new reading of the Little Hans's case, demonstrating how Freud misread the facts of the case *The book reconsiders psychoanalytic thought from a philosophy of science perspective

Contents:

1. Introduction: Freud's Lakatosian Moment, Or, Why Freud's Case of Little Hans is the Most Important Clinical Theory Paper Freud Ever Wrote 2. "All My Efforts Valueless": Freud's Lifelong Concern with the Suggestion Objection as the Major Threat to Psychoanalytic Theory 3."A More Direct and Less Roundabout Proof": The Hans Case as Freud's Response to the Suggestion Objection 4. "A Little Oedipus": Freud's Analysis of the Hans Case (co-authored with Jordan A. Conrad) 5. Freud Versus the Fright Theory: Wolpe and Rachman's Behaviorist Challenge to the Oedipal Analysis of the Little Hans Case 6. "Without an Object to Begin With ": Does the Case Evidence Support Freud's Claim that Hans's Disorder Started with a Period of Free-Floating Anxiety Preceding the Phobia? 7. "Chronological Considerations Make It Impossible": Solving the Century-Old Puzzle of the Day the Horse Fell Down 8. "A Repressive Process of Ominous Intensity": Freud's N=1 Sexual Repression Argument 9. Methodological Interlude: The Suitability Argument as Freud's Foundational Methodology and His Reply to the Suggestion Objection 10. "Acquaintance at Close Quarters": Evaluating Freud's Suitability Argument for the Oedipal Theory of Hans's Phobia 11. Critical Analysis of Grunbaum's "Tally Argument" Analysis of Freud's Response to the Suggestion Objection 12. Conclusion: The Little Hans Case, Philosophy of Science, and the Fate of Psychoanalysis