The Development and Status of Jung's Researches 1

Carl Gustav Jung was born on 26 July 1875, the son of a Swiss pastor and philologist of Basel, Switzerland; he is one of a select number of pioneers who have, in the last half-century, laid the foundations of a scientific psychology of the unconscious. His path has taken him into regions where science had not previously been applied with success, ² and again and again many have supposed him lost to its disciplines. I believe that their view is mistaken. His grasp of scientific method has always formed the basis of his researches and they have an inner consistency which it is the object of this paper to reveal.