Talk:Sigmund Freud

Copyright violation in Life and Death Instincts section

I've removed the cut and paste from https://gettingpastyourpast.wordpress.com/mourning-theory in the Life and Death Drives section. As explained here I don't see a rewrite as necessary as the content was off-topic in the first place. Would be useful elsewhere in the article. Almanacer (talk) 11:51, 22 December 2016 (UTC

Criticism

Freud has been very robustly criticised and his work has been rejected in part or in whole by modern psychology. You get no sense of that from reading this page which is extremely long and fairly hagiographic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ebefl (talk • contribs) 14:55, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

What you're describing is primarily on the Psychoanalysis page, but I agree that there isn't enough here since his legacy is so controversial. Pac-Man PHD (talk) 21:30, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

Psychologists have not taken Freud seriously in scientific terms for a very long time, but then it's debatable whether psychology amounts to a science (an actual body of knowledge) anyway. Instead he is considered a cultural or literary figure, because he popularised the idea of the unconscious mind. Khamba Tendal (talk) 19:20, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

Perhaps you mean ".. it's debatable whether psychoanalysis amounts to a science..."? I don't see why modern psychology, particularly experimental psychology and cognitive psychology, should not be regarded as science. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:28, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

‘Austrian Neurologist’

While this description is not inaccurate, it is not the main characteristic Sigmund Freud is known for. The primary description should be ‘Austrian-Jewish Founder of Psychoanalysis’.

Thank you. 217.155.43.182 (talk) 15:18, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

If you want to add more description on Freud's origin, you can write "Chezc-born Austrian founder of Psychoanalysis", but usually, write in the Article Introduction the Jewish Origin of persons is not included, it is in Early Life. Gabriel Ziegler (talk) 23:59, 15 April 2023 (UTC)

second the 'founder of psychoanalysis' part for the short description Dawkin Verbier (talk) 15:34, 25 November 2022 (UTC)

The description of Freud as a "neurologist" is seriously misleading. Neurology is a branch of medicine focused on the brain and nervous system. It has little to do with psychoanalysis. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:91D0:F950:2995:D11D:14C3:94D8 (talk) 13:46, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

How is it misleading? He was indeed a neurologist (medical doctor specializing in neurology), and also the founder of psychoanalysis. And that's what the lead says. EEng 18:44, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

Reverts

@Almanacer: Regarding this revert: what "content removal" specifically do you feel "needs further explanation on Talk Page and consensus"? Nikkimaria (talk) 20:21, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

In general I think we need to separate out MOS issues (desirable changes) from information deletion issues (questionable changes). Need to go over the latter in detail. Almanacer (talk) 20:37, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Almanacer, can you elaborate on which changes specifically you feel are questionable and need to be gone over in more detail? Nikkimaria (talk) 20:39, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

will do Almanacer (talk) 21:07, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

@Nikkimaria I think the best way forward is that I add back in what I think is significant content thus preserving the welcome improvements you have made as per WP:MOS. Almanacer (talk) 17:53, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

"Sigma Freud" Listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Sigma Freud has been listed at Redirects for discussion. Please discuss this matter at its entry at the Redirects for discussion page. Thank you. Kolano123 (talk) 17:38, 19 November 2024 (UTC)