Freud's Concepts of Reality and God: A Text Study

Sigmund Freud was deeply interested in the philosophic as well as psychological problems relating to reality for much of his life. Thus he takes up epistemological and metaphysical questions on numerous occasions in his writings. All of Freud's philosophic discussions are analyzed in this artic...

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Main Author: Reines, Alvin J. 1926- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: College 1990
In: Hebrew Union College annual / Jewish Institute of Religion
Year: 1990, Volume: 61, Pages: 219-270
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Exegesis / Psychoanalysis
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
ZD Psychology
Further subjects:B Idea of God
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