ABSTRACT
The K. Stanovich thesis concerning falsifiable theories is common to psychoanalytic folks from Popper’s critique, and when treating the demand on systematic empiricism, Stanovich criticises psychoanalysis in a similar manner to how many of his colleagues have done. If a psychological theory is plausible, it has labels and concepts for imaginary matters. On this basis one might state that the existence of specific psychoanalytic terms reflects the fact that psychoanalysis has recognised aspects of human essence that still remain neglected or unnoticed by other branches of the behavioural sciences. It probably has something to do with the existence of several languages, which psychoanalysis has to cope with. The chapter deals with elaborating the notion made above: it is very unlikely that the concepts that are held to be constructs, would become as serious obstacles for interdisciplinary research or for the scientific status of psychoanalysis.
