ABSTRACT
In a highly influential analysis, Adolf Grunbaum (1984) takes a radically different approach than I do to explaining Freud’s argument in response to the suggestion objection. Grunbaum argues that, during the prime of Freud’s theorizing, he relied on a claim of the unique therapeutic success of psychoanalysis in eliminating psychoneurotic symptoms as the ultimate evidence for the correctness of his etiological insights. This defense is expressed in a formal argument that Grunbaum attributes to Freud, which Grunbaum labels the “Tally Argument.” This chapter presents a critique of Grunbaum’s analysis, arguing that Grunbaum’s reading of Freud’s text is incorrect and the Tally Argument analysis itself is amply contradicted by passages throughout Freud’s writings.
