| Unit name | Freud |
|---|---|
| Unit code | PHIL30901 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | H/6 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
| Unit director | Dr. Doyle |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites | |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of Philosophy |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit introduces students to the distinctive explanatory concepts of Sigmund Freud, the most influential psychologist of the twentieth century. Chief among these concepts are unconscious mental functioning, repression and transference. Students will be required to develop a philosophically-informed understanding of those concepts and the theories in which they figure, and shown how they may be deployed in solutions to certain problems in the philosophy of mind, such as self-deception and $�motivated irrationality&�. That is, they will be encouraged to see psychoanalysis and certain areas of the philosophy of mind as mutually illuminating. Pre-requsite None
