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Wittgenstein thought it was Freud’s confusion between reasons and causes that led his disciples into making an abominable mess (PO p. 107). This has been much discussed (Bouveresse 1995; Cioffi 1998; Schroeder 2006, pp. 219–33). Wittgenstein’s critique has had little or no effect on psychoanalysis, it being taken as a mere academic point and having no relevance to the practice of therapy. I shall try to show that the distinction is highly relevant to the practice of all forms of psychotherapy.
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© 2010 John M. Heaton
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Heaton, J.M. (2010). Reasons and Causes. In: The Talking Cure. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230275102_5
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