Psychoanalysis and Neurophysiology: The Need for Conciliation
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Authors
Sharp, Raymond John
Issue Date
1967
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Thesis
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en_US
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The purpose of this paper is to answer two questions
Which have puzzled me, as a student and hopeful practitioner
of psychology. The first is "Why has the ideological rift between
Freudian psychoanalytic theory and neurological and experimental
psychology developed". The second is "Can and
should this rift be dissolved?" By sorting out those well-meaning but fanatic exponents of Freud and those equally closed-minded neurologists and attempting to correlate theories and
experimental results of valid psychologists, I hope I have succeeded in demonstrating the worth of an attempted rapprochement.
It is my belief that, in order to progress, psychology must combine
the best that every school has to offer. We must continue
to follow the tested scientific principles for verification and
validity, but we cannot remain so rigid that we are unable to
use that which other disciplines have to offer.
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