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Philosophical essays on Freud several different interpretations, as well as various potential objections. Davidson's essay, "Paradoxes of irrationality", based on a 1978 lecture, discusses what it means for an action, belief, intention, inference or emotion to be irrational. "Philosophical essays on Freud" was published in 1982 by Cambridge University Press. "Philosophical essays on Freud" received a positive review from Francisca Goldsmith in "Library Journal", mixed reviews from Kathleen Wilkes in "The Times Literary Supplement" and the philosopher Frank Cioffi in the "London Review of Books", and a negative review in "Psychological Medicine". It was also reviewed by Eugen Baer in "Semiotica". Goldsmith described Hopkins's