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We all know the story of the three umpires, up in heaven, discussing their work:
First Umpire: “I calls 'em like I sees 'em.”
Second Umpire: “I calls 'em like they are.”
Third Umpire: “They ain't nothin' till I calls 'em!”
It is out of this ontologic and epistemic thicket that Charles Hanly wants to pluck the problematic status of truth in contemporary psychoanalysis and place it for us on the untangled high ground of philosophy.
Actually, the book is a collection of essays in applied psychoanalysis, only the first two of which deal directly with truth and the methodology of applied psychoanalysis; the remaining nine explore a variety of topics reflecting the author's wide range of interests as a teacher and practitioner of both philosophy and psychoanalysis (he is a professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto and a training analyst at the Toronto Psychoanalytic Institute). Hanly can be a clear, level-headed writer who uses the explanatory power of basic psychoanalytic concepts to great effect in unexpected areas.
For me, at least, the ideas about truth in psychoanalysis expressed in the opening chapters made such a distinct and provocative