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FIRST INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF PHILOSOPHICAL PRACTICE, Rome, October 2015 Organized by Sicof, Italy FIRST INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF PHILOSOPHICAL PRACTICE The National Congress of the Italian Society of Philosophical Counseling reaches the 10th edition. For the occasion it will takes place in Rome and, with the help of teachers and professionals of various nationalities will become international. This will be an opportunity, in collaboration with the University of Roma Tre, to share and to call into question the experience at disciplinary level, questioning...
Roma, ottobre 2015 FIRST INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF PHILOSOPHICAL PRACTICE, Rome, October 2015 Organized by Sicof, Italy Primo convegno internazionale di pratica filosofica Il Convegno nazionale della Società Italiana di Counseling Filosofico raggiunge la 10° edizione. Per l’occasione si svolge a Roma e, grazie alla collaborazione di docenti e professionisti di varie nazionalità diventa internazionale. Vuole essere un’occasione, in collaborazione con l’Ateneo di Roma Tre, per condividere e rimettere in discussione l’esperienza maturata a livello disciplinare, interrogandosi sulle pratiche filosofiche nella...
July 2015 topic: ON BEING AUTHENTIC What does it mean to be true to myself? July 2015 issue for reflection:WHAT DOES IT MEANTO BE TRUE TO MYSELF? “This man is so authentic!” “That girl is fake, a phony!” “I will not listen to them – I must be true to myself!” What does it mean to be authentic, or true to myself? Who should I be true to? Who do I betray when I am inauthentic, or fake? Who is my...
This month's topic: ATTITUDES TO LIFE How should I relate to life? WEEK 1 - MarcelWEEK 2 - KierkegaardWEEK 3 - SenecaWEEK 4 - Nietzsche An issue for reflection HOW SHOULD I RELATE TO LIFE? - I love my smartphone, my television, my GPS. - That’s too much noise for me. I prefer a quiet time with myself or with a friend. - What about new Hollywood movies? New video-games? Facebook? - I don’t need them. They are shallow distractions, popular trash....
This month's topic: SEX What is the meaning of sex? WEEK 1 - SartreWEEK 2 - SolomonWEEK 3 - De BeauvoirWEEK 4 - BatailleAn issue for reflectionWHAT IS THE MEANING OF SEX? - Sex is a function of the body, isn’t it? It’s all biology. - Just biology, nothing more? - Without your body you can’t have sex. - Indeed, but without your body you can’t speak – and yet speaking is more than biology. Without your body you can’t draw...
This month's topic: THE MEANING OF LIFE Does your life have meaning? WEEK 1 - Schopenhauer WEEK 2 - James WEEK 3 - Tolstoy WEEK 4 - Schlick An issue for reflectionWHAT IS THE MEANING OF MY LIFE? - Does your life have meaning?- - Are you asking if my life has a purpose? A mission? - Well, not exactly. - A direction? - No. I am asking if your life is full of meaningful things. -Meaningful things? Like interesting things? Or important things?...
This month's topic: HAPPINESS What does it mean to be happy? WEEK 1 - TatarkiewiczWEEK 2 - AristotleWEEK 3 - MillWEEK 4 - Russell An issue for reflectionWHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE HAPPY? Bruna Marchetti is a philosophical practitioner from Venice, Italy. She is also a photographer. In fact, this month’s photo was taken by Bruna herself! Caption Competition The above photo needs a caption (a text). Send us your suggestion! A caption can be a title, or the words...
This month's topic: THE SELF Who am I? WEEK 1 - Descartes WEEK 2 - Hume WEEK 3 - Stirner WEEK 4 - Merleau-Ponty An issue for reflectionWHO AM I? - I am a lucky man. I have a healthy body, I have a stable personality, a good head on my shoulders. I even have a beautiful name, don’t you think so? - And good genes too. - Definitely. I could have been born with a weak body, or with a confused personality, or...
ABOUT US The Agora website was founded in 2014 by Ran Lahav and Carmen Zavala in order to offer philosophical resources to philosophical practitioners around the world, and to anybody who wants to explore what philosophy can contribute to our everyday life. Ran Lahav I am a philosophical practitioner and philosophical counselor. I grew up in Israel, and in 1989 received my doctorate in philosophy and Master’s degree in psychology from the University of Michigan, USA. After teaching at a university...
This month's topic: VIRTUES How can I be a better person? WEEK 1 - AristotleWEEK 2 - DeweyWEEK 3 - ShaftesburyWEEK 4 - PascalWEEK 5 - Spinoza An issue for reflectionHOW CAN I BE A BETTER PERSON? - I want to be a better person. - What you mean by “a better person”? - What’s there to explain? There is a better car, and a better pen, and a better swimmer, and a better driver. The same with a “better person.”...
This month's topic: THE OTHER PERSON What does it mean to encounter another person? WEEK 1 - Ortega WEEK 2 - BuberWEEK 3 - LevinasWEEK 4 - MarcelWEEK 5 - Picard An issue for reflectionWhat does it mean to encounter somebody? The winning caption of this month's competition is: Look at me, look at me, look at me - I want to exist! This time, the winner is an Agora team member, Ran Lahav (who, of course, did not participate in...
This month's topic: LOVE What is love? WEEK 1 - Fromm WEEK 2 - Weil WEEK 3 - Unamuno WEEK 4 - Plato An issue for reflectionWHAT IS THE ESSENCE OF LOVE? Linda loves her son Gabriel. Gabriel loves humanity, but especially the girl across the street. The girl across the street loves her dog Nero, and she also loves her father. Her father loves only himself. Actually, her father also loves the new president of the country. And chocolate cookies too. - So...
VIDEO: Rosa OliveiraPhilosophical Practice in Portugal [spvideo]https://youtu.be/JUw12o_r6VM[/spvideo] Rosa Oliveira is a Portuguese philosophy teacher in Porto Santo Island, Madeira. She works in Museu de Porto Santo with students of various ages, and in the social project "Universidade Sénior do Porto Santo" (informal education) for older people. She believes that philosophical practice serves to clarify one's personal identity and develop authentic intervention skills in the world. {jcomments on}
VIDEO: Victor Hugo Galvan: The social mission of philosophical practice [spvideo]https://youtu.be/Sh8xNyYxOLQ[/spvideo] Victor Hugo Galvan is a philosophical counselor and he moderates philosophical cafés in Mexico. He works on social projects with other philosophical practitioners, philosophy students and other professionals from related areas.In this way, he does not use only one approach, but gives voice to the different philosophical approaches of the team members. {jcomments on}
VIDEO: Ferdinand Garoff Existential issues with trauma victims [spvideo]https://youtu.be/JVMGle2VDQ8[/spvideo] Ferdinand Garoff is a psychologist from Finland, working with crisis, trauma, and humanitarian work. He has been involved with Interbaas, a Finnish association for philosophical practice, for more than 10 years. He has also been engaged in Socratic dialogues, philosophy cafés, and philosophy in schools. {jcomments on}
VIDEO: Antti MattilaConcepts for philosophical counseling [spvideo]http://youtu.be/szfNJa-pxnY[/spvideo] Antti Mattila was the first pioneer of philosophical practice in Finland. He started his practice in 1999 in Helsinki. He is also a child psychiatrist and has been working as a trainer in Solution Focused Psychotherapy since 2000. {jcomments on}