Kant and Freud

Andrew Brook

pp. 20-39

in: Man Chung, Colin Feltham (eds), Psychoanalytic knowledge, Berlin, Springer, 2003

Abstract

Freud gave us not just two theories of the psyche but two kinds of theory of the psyche. One is about the structure and function of its subsystems; the other is about the nature and management of its contents. Freud's model of psychic structure and function is closely parallel to Kant's in a number of respects. Equally, much in his theory of psychic content was anticipated by Schopenhauer. (We have explored this relationship elsewhere; Young and Brook, 1994.)

Cited authors

Kant Immanuel

Freud Sigmund