• Dom. Dic 22nd, 2024

The issue of methods in PP

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9. Is there anything wrong with methods?

Some philosophical practitioners are against methods. This might seem strange. After all, many important philosophers had methods: Aristotle’s syllogistic method,…

8. Methods, but not shared ones

Philosophical counselors have methods such as questioning background assumptions, examining concepts, clarifying the counselee’s thoughts, trying to see familiar situations…

7. Methods in East and West

I think that for the still young philosophical counselling it is important not only to define its nature and bring…

6. Not without a method

The problem of the “methods in philosophical practice”, raised by Leon De Haas is certainly a crucial issue. De Haas,…

No Method

Gert Achenbach’s dictum, “Philosophical Practice does not have a method”, has its friends and its enemies. I am a friend.…

5. Questions about method invite us to justify our practice

We can consider ‘Method’ as an answer to the question, “What is happening in a philosophical conversation? How do you…

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…

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.…