Psychology

Healing the Broken Mind: Transforming America’s Failed Mental Health System

Joining the chorus of voices in the health care debate, an issue that has continued to dominate the American conversation,…

10 months ago

10 Things You Might Not Know About Sigmund Freud

1. As a child, Sigmund Freud was a good student who, aside from his native German, was also proficient in…

11 months ago

Freud: Right or Wrong? Edward Erwin on Why Freud is Still Important

Although some of his theories are still hotly debated, Sigmund Freud, (May 6, 1856–September 23, 1939) is widely regarded as a…

12 months ago

Freud’s Faults: Frank Sulloway on the Father of Psychoanalysis’s Dubious Methods and Practices

  Although some of his theories are still hotly debated, Sigmund Freud, (May 6, 1856–September 23, 1939) is widely regarded as…

1 year ago

Understanding Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Duck-Rabbit

It was Ludwig Wittgenstein who sparked philosophical interest in what psychologists call ambiguous figures.[1] The phrase “seeing as” became a…

1 year ago

New Book on Father of Psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud Offers an Accessible and Engaging Introduction to the Influential Psychologist’s Life and Work

NEW YORK, NY, JULY 25, 2018 – Sigmund Freud was not only the father of psychoanalysis, but also a profound and wide-ranging…

1 year ago

Pharmacracy: Medicine and Politics in America

Healthcare costs are out of control. More and more Americans are being diagnosed with depression, eating disorders, and other related…

2 years ago

Freud’s Pioneering Work Was Not Just an Ego Trip

In centuries past, the study of factors that shape human feelings and behavior was not a well-known field. Depression was…

2 years ago

Mama’s Boy: Joel Whitebook on Sigmund Freud’s Enduring Influence

Although some of his theories are still hotly debated, Sigmund Freud, (May 6, 1856–September 23, 1939) is widely regarded as a…

4 years ago

A Jack of All Trades: Cheryl Misak on Polymath and Father of Pragmatism Charles Sanders Peirce

Charles Sanders Peirce was an American philosopher best known as "the father of pragmatism"—America's only home-grown philosophy—who made important contributions in…

6 years ago