Why Freud Was Really a Philosopher
David Livingstone Smith, Aeon Magazine
Most people think of Sigmund Freud as a psychologist or a psychiatrist. But he was neither. He was trained as a neuroscientist and went on to create a new discipline that he called psychoanalysis'. But Freud should also be thought of as a philosopher and a deeply insightful and prescient one at that. As the philosopher of science Clark Glymour observed in 1991:
Most people think of Sigmund Freud as a psychologist or a psychiatrist. But he was neither. He was trained as a neuroscientist and went on to create a new discipline that he called psychoanalysis'. But Freud should also be thought of as a philosopher and a deeply insightful and prescient one at that. As the philosopher of science Clark Glymour observed in 1991: