There are few topics in psychoanalysis today more controversial than the place of research in justifying or expanding upon analytic theory. This is a collection of papers presented at a conference held in London - with additional material - exploring the work of the principal discussants, Andre Green and Daniel Stern.

Publisher's Note , Preface , Introduction , Part I , What kind of research for psychoanalysis? , Psychoanalytic research: where do we disagree? , Response to Robert S. Wallerstein , Part II , Science and science fiction in infant research , The relevance of empirical infant research to psychoanalytic theory and practice , Discussion (I) , Discussion (II) , Discussion (III) , Plenary discussion