"philosophical essays on freud" has been praised by some philosophers, including michael ruse, and criticized by others, such as ernest gellner. some discussion of the work has focused on the contributions by individual authors. in "the foundations of psychoanalysis" (1984), the philosopher adolf grünbaum criticized glymour's views about the problems involved in establishing the accuracy of psychoanalytic theory. in "love and its place in nature" (1990), the philosopher jonathan lear praised hopkins's discussion of holism and its relation to psychoanalysis. in "the cambridge companion to freud" (1991), glymour criticized thalberg's interpretation of freud's explanations of irrational behavior. gellner criticized wollheim and hopkins for accepting the claim that psychoanalysis had "privileged access to truth". however, he saw merit in davidson's contribution to "philosophical essays on freud". in "the new york review of books", nagel praised davidson and hopkins for thoroughly developing the view that "psychoanalysis can borrow empirical evidence for its most important general foundations from the ubiquitous confirmation of the system of ordinary psychological explanation in everyday life".