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Why is freud and psychoanalysis still a big thing in continental philosophy? Aren't these things psychologically considered outdated / lacking evidence? Or is it for reasons other than direct ones.
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Lacan and Freud remain big in continental theory. They are considered outdated by psychologists, though the truth is that most psychologists don't read them at all or very little of them. In the same way that psychologists don't stay on top with psychoanalysis journals, psychoanalysts don't read the latest journals in psychology. With that said, it is obviously a fact that lots of analysts come from a background of psychology.