Tasks for Dreaming
The paper presents an introduction to a model of philosophical counseling which is based on somatized, embodied emotions as key informative blocks of moral...
The Pathological Community: Can a Society be Mad?
Emotions, rather than rational judgment, are what fundamentally motivates us to act, both as individuals and as collectives. The nature of a community, its quality...
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What Gods Get Exchanged in Philosophical Therapy
In philosophical counseling, just as in any other psychotherapeutic work, what happens between the counselor and the client is not a mere conversation. The very...
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The Methodology of Philosophical Practice
The need for philosophical practice to integrate various methods, both conceptual and those based on the use of emotions, raises the question as to whether its methodology...
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A Sympathy-Driven Diplomatic Ethics
The paper deals with the development of an applied ethics for the diplomatic service - a section of applied ethics that is clearly called for...
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The Intentionality of Madness
CHECKING THE COGNITIVE ISSUES IN DSM-BASED DIAGNOSIS John Searle’s selective view of intentionality of mental states and place it in the context of impairment to...
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Pleasure in ancient philosophy
The essay examines the central role that pleasure plays in a wide range of conceptualisations of happiness or ‘good life’, from Epicurean hedonism, to Christian...
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Projecting the Good Life in Philosophical Counseling
The paper examines the conceptual matrix of philosophical counseling, and philosophical practice generally, which distinguishes philosophical practice from mainstream theoretical philosophy. I argue that the...
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The Pragmatist Foundations of Philosophical Practice
This article explores the extent to which Epicurean ethics as a general philosophy of life can be integrated in a composite pragmatist approach to philosophical...