4. Methods determine the road
Many of those who write about methods in philosophical practice refer to the ancient Greek ‘methodos’. As the contraction of…
3. Using methods without justifying ourselves
The main method of philosophy aims to conceptualize the world so that we are able to grasp it. And we…
3. Looking back at the roots
The great significance of canons is that they initiate discussions about crucial issues concerning a discipline, issues of identity, of…
3. Wondering: falling in love with wisdom
This reflection string is about the idea that philosophy – which literally means love of wisdom – is something we…
3. The Mystery of Love
Saying yes to life”, then, is not just an attitude. It’s an experience, an intimate experience, which involves feelings, sensations,…
1. A common objective to philosophical practice and contemplation?
As a first step. we might investigate what we mean by the two above-mentioned practices, before we are able to…
2. Practicing philosophy: Making love with wisdom
In my last reflection I concluded that if love is something we can feel, then also the love of wisdom,…
2. Love is “Yes” to life
Of course, many philosophers talk about love and say many things about it: what distinguishes love from other emotions (but,…
Philosophical Practice and Contemplation
As a first step. we might investigate what we mean with the two above-mentioned practices before we are able to…
2. What is ‘method’?
By ‘method’ I understand a fixed way to realize a pre-conceived effect. By example, to manufacture a car, you can…
1. No Method
Gert Achenbach’s dictum, “Philosophical Practice does not have a method”, has its friends and its enemies. I am a friend.…
To sing or not to sing?
The literature of philosophical practice contains astonishingly spare entrances on the issue of a canon for philosophical practice. Are philosophical…