
Competing Universalities
Why Theory
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The Simple Is the True, Right?
Ryan: Freud's entire project depends upon the more complex solution being the correct one. I think that the notion that the simple is the true is tied to the empirical idea, right? We haven't shared our competition as universal because we've got so much in common with each other, he says. Ryan: The way to experience the world is to turn inward and see yourself as part of a collective first - but it's all turned inward.
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