Continuing lecture on Freud
Psychoanalytical Arguement for Determinism
1) neurotic behavior
2) Hypnosis
-Personality is developed by age 5
-unconscious motives drive behavior
id- animal nature; primal desires; pleasure; immediate gratification
superego- "inner hitler";represses desires
ego- diplomat; moderates between id and superego; conscious
Criticisms of psychoanalytical arguement
1) Maybe people are free in areas in which they are not neurotic
Libertarianism
-Arg. from regret-James
Rebuttal- its a false belief in free will which causes regret
-Arg. from poor prediction in psychology
-unpredictable
-case studies provide unreliable data