Document Type : Research Paper

Author

• M.H. Gangi

Associate Professor, Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz

Abstract

Psychoanalysis which is a method for dealing with psychological desease is based on the theory of character and human motivation. In the analysis of human character Freud considered one main factor, directly or indirectly, as the cause of all human behaviors. To justify this he referred to clinical cases and their practical success, and this meant that such a theory may not (ascientificaly). In this essay by distinguishing the two viewpoints in philosophy of science, that is, the inductive and non-inductive view, the degree of (testability) of psychoanalysis theories will be discussed.

Keywords

• psychoanalysis theory
• scientific theory
• inductive
• non-inductive