**Title**202011011444 psychoanalysis, free association are deterministic **Source** Wittgenstein and Psychotherapy From Paradox to wonder. John M. Heaton **Date** 1 Nov 2020 **Tags** #language #counselling **“Free associations” are not really free, as it’s interpretations are based on the theory, which was based on determinism.** **Reference** Freud’s unexamined assumptions was determinism and that mind was a machine. Free association is an approach of randomness, but they believe that associations are determined, and they use their theories to determine and impose interpretations. So the interpretation depended on theories, instead of allowing sense and meaning to freely develop. [[202009071534 Notes Reading Wittgenstein and Psychotherapy. From Paradox to wonder. John M. Heaton]] Chapter 2. Paradoxes. Wittgenstein and Psychotherapy From Paradox to wonder. John M. Heaton **Cross-links**