No matter what logicians may eventually make of this mental apparatus, there is little doubt that Freud accepted it as real rather than as a scientific construct or theory. One does not at the age of 70 define the goal of one’s life as the exploration of an explanatory fiction. (p. 286)
Cumulative Record. Chapter 18: A Critique of Psychoanalytic Concepts and Theories. Quote 2
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