To What Extent Is Freud's Theory Of Dreams Scientific?

Is Freud’s theory of dreams scientific? Freud’s claim that all dreams are motivated by a (sexual) wish has been controversial ever since it was first proposed mainly because critics objected to granting it scientific values and consequently, validity. Popper posited an objection that most critics have appealed to. Though he did admit its values in other terms , he asserted that Freud’s proposition was in no way scientific because it would permit readily available fabrication of excuses to fend off any potentially negating results. Also, a person could not readily, if at all, confirm Freud’s experimental results due to Freud’s insufficient elucidation on the dreams observed and analyzed during his clinical treatment. Also, psychoanalysis was too exclusive, for it could not be performed by the inquisitive general public. The lack of

There is a problem with Popper’s falsification argument, and modern research on dreams suggest otherwise with respect to testability. Popper is one of the most accepted critics of Freud’s dream theory; hence, there is a need to understand and evaluate the content of his criticism. As stated by Popper, a theory is only scientific if it abides by the following logic. If a theory, say, T, is true, then its proposition, P, must follow; if P does not follow, then T must be false. He added that Einstein’s theory of relativity abided by the rule and it was not surprising to him that it was confirmed with Eddington’s observations, but not Freud’s, thereby incurring the tag of non-science. When Freud encountered the objection that not all dreams were