PEP | Article - Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. CLXV, 1977: Psychoanalysis as Science. Its Boundary Problems, Special Status, Relations to Other Sciences, and Formalization. Marshall Edelson. Pp. 1-28.

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Abstract

In this critique of psychoanalytic theory and the impact upon it of other scientific disciplines, Edelson calls for the formalization of psychoanalytic theory. He is convinced that we do not need more data at the present time; that mere collections of more data will not be productive. Formalization is required to extricate the theory from scientific stagnation. Among the suggestions for such formalization is the view that psychoanalysis is not a theory of interpersonal or object relations. The author anticipates strong disagreement with his proposals.

PEP | Article - Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. CLXV, 1977: Psychoanalysis as Science. Its Boundary Problems, Special Status, Relations to Other Sciences, and Formalization. Marshall Edelson. Pp. 1-28. - The Psychoanalytic Quarterly