Stepping out of Plato´s Cave by Ran Lahav Plato’s allegory of the cave touches us because it reminds us of our heart’s yearning to expand our lives and live more deeply and fully. Our everyday world is usually limited to a “cave”—a superficial, comfortable routine. We go through our daily activity as if we were on automatic pilot. It is only in spe...
VIDEO: Tetsuya Kono"Traffic Control" in the Philosophical café [spvideo]http://youtu.be/LU7nXTxiMMQ[/spvideo] Tetsuya Kono is a Japanese philosophy professor, who is also active in the areas of philosophy for children, moral education, and education for people with disabilities. He practices philosophical dialogue in schools, and organizes philo...
THE EARLY DAYS OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL PRACTICE MOVEMENT An excerpt from chapter one of my dissertation:Philosophical Counseling and Teaching: “Holding the Tension” in a Dualistic World(May 1998) by Maria Tillmanns The philosophical practice movement started during the early nineteen eighties in Europe as wel...
Call for Papers We invite you to either post your announcements, events or invitations on our blog (left) or publish here papers (right) about any aspect of the history of the philosophical practice movement: about its overall development, about specific stages in its history, about earlier historical precursors to the movement, a...
VIDEO: Theodor Paleologu School for well-rounded personalities [spvideo]https://youtu.be/99kAUS1JGBs[/spvideo] Theodor Paleologu is a Romanian philosopher and parliament member. He has a school at home, where he and others teach topics such as philosophy, rhetoric, diplomacy, and politics. {jcomments on}
VIDEO: Thomas Gutknecht Thinking with others [spvideo]https://youtu.be/NsErtjWvwDQ[/spvideo] Thomas Gutknecht is a German philosophical practitioner. In addition to lecturing, he has been leading a philosophical practice institute, Logos-Institut, since 1991. He is the president of the IGPP (International Society of Philosophical ...
VIDEO: Thomas Gutknecht (Italiano) [spvideo]https://youtu.be/q9Qze1xZy9Y[/spvideo] Thomas Gutknecht è un filosofo pratico tedesco. E' presidente della IGPP (Associazione Internazionale per la Filosofia Pratica) e membro del direttivo della BV-PP (Associazione Professionale di Filosofi Pratici)
VIDEO: Thomas Gutknecht: Mit anderen Menschen denken [spvideo]http://youtu.be/xoBwfm06RWY[/spvideo] Thomas Gutknecht betreibt neben seiner Lehrtätigkeit seit 1991 eine Philosophische Praxis (Logos-Institut). Er ist Präsident der IGPP (Internationale Gesellschaft für Philosophische Praxis) und Vorstand im Berufsverband BV-PP.
Paul Tillich (1886-1965) THEMES ON THIS PAGE: 1. THE COURAGE TO BE 2. SYMBOLS AND THE BEYOND 3. FAITH Paul Tillich (1886-1965) was an important German-American philosopher, Christian existentialist, and Lutheran theologian. He grew up in Germany, became a Lutheran minister, and taught theology at the Universities of Berlin, Marburg...