The Unconscious: A Conceptual Analysis

The Unconscious: a conceptual analysis ranks as an important and clearly written philosophical inquiry into the fundamental concept of psychoanalysis: the unconscious. Alasdair MachIntyre argues that Freud's conception of the unconscious is complicated by his tendency to use the term in two different ways. MacIntyre shows how Freud uses the term 'unconscious' both as a straightforward description of psychological phenomena, and as a theoretical notion to explain the links between childhood ...