How such an elaborate theory could have become so widely accepted – on the basis of no systematic evidence or critical experiments, and in the face of chronic failures of therapeutic intervention in all of the major classes of mental illness... – is something that sociologists of science and popular culture have yet to fully explain.


Paul Churchland. The Engine of Reason, the Seat of the Soul. (1st ed.). MIT Press. 1995. pp. 181: Talking about Freudian analysis.

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How such an elaborate theory could have become so widely accepted – on the basis of no systematic evidence or critical experiments, and in the face ...

How such an elaborate theory could have become so widely accepted – on the basis of no systematic evidence or critical experiments, and in the face ...

How such an elaborate theory could have become so widely accepted – on the basis of no systematic evidence or critical experiments, and in the face ...

How such an elaborate theory could have become so widely accepted – on the basis of no systematic evidence or critical experiments, and in the face ...