Did Gellner see psychoanalysis as a closed system of thought?
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Gellner viewed psychoanalysis as a closed system of thought, one that is not open to new ideas or evidence. He believed that psychoanalysis is based on a set of assumptions that are not open to question or criticism, and that this makes it impossible for psychoanalysis to progress as a science.
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