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- The paper discusses the ideas of tact and empathy as highlighted in the correspondence between Freud and Ferenczi, particularly in relation to Ferenczi's work on psychoanalytic techniques.
- It examines the challenges faced in balancing scientific methods with subjective experiences, drawing on the thoughts of Hungarian philosopher Michael Polanyi.
- Finally, it offers insights into how these discussions impact psychoanalytic training and practice.
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This paper explores the concepts of tact and empathy in the context of the Freud-Ferenczi correspondence around Ferenczi's "The Elasticity of Psycho-Analytic Technique" paper. It goes on to explore the problems that they encounter in the neighborhood of reconciling science and subjectivity, in relation to the work on personal knowledge of the Hungarian philosopher Michael Polanyi and concludes with some implications for psychoanalytic training.
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