goldsmith praised hopkins's introduction. she also praised the selections chosen by wollheim and hopkins, which she considered well-presented discussions of topics such as freud's materialism, intentionality, and theories of the self's structure. she concluded that the collection would be useful to researchers. symington believed that the papers included were variable in quality and would not appeal to some, but nevertheless found the book as a whole a worthwhile work. he praised the contributions by hampshire, sachs, o'shaughnessy, and wollheim.