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SUMMARY:Freud\, Russell and Wittgenstein: 'therapeutic positivism'\, psych
 oanalysis and the origins of analytic philosophy in Cambridge - John Forre
 ster (Department of History and Philosophy of Science)
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CONTACT:Helen Curry
DESCRIPTION:The paper will discuss the very different responses of Bertran
 d Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein to the work of Sigmund Freud in the peri
 od 1917–55\, concentrating mainly on the 1920s\, 1930s and 1940s. Russel
 l's response was very much typical of his contemporaries\, both in his sce
 pticism and his enthusiasm\, and also reflected his political and educatio
 nal projects as much as his philosophical preoccupations. Wittgenstein\, o
 n the other hand\, turned out to be a true Freudian\, fiercely critical an
 d under his spell. Wittgenstein's response – and the quasi-Freudian read
 ing by early-20th century philosophers of Wittgenstein himself – give us
  a new insight into the origins of analytic philosophy in the 1920s\, 1930
 s and 1940s.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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