5 Principles of Philosophical Health
Channel: Dr Luis de Miranda
Date: 19/11/2020

Five Principles of Philosophical Health for Critical Times, by Dr Luis de Miranda

The goal of this session is to deepen our understanding of philosophical health as it may be practiced and anticipated in contexts of care, whether the object of care is our own self, the self of others, or the integrity of our real-life engagement – these objects of care being occasionally subjected to crisis situations. Philosophical health is henceforth defined as a process of harmonious and sustained coherence between a person’s ways of thinking and their engagement with life. In a time where politics seems to have abandoned the utopian impetus in favor of a technocracy of problem-oriented management and normality engineering, it is perhaps left to philosophy to take up the asymptotic challenge of imparadising our existence to the highest standard. How then can philosophy be of any help in “perpetual crisis” democracies? In a world often described or experienced as chaotic and frantic, what can philosophers propose that could still be heard and adopted, and how can they be made to help individuals and communities strive for a wise, just and meaningful life? A first answer is to propose clear principles for the cultivation of philosophical health.

Luis de Miranda, PhD, is the author of philosophical essays and novels translated in various languages, among which the recent Being and Neonness (MIT Press). He is the founder of The Philosophical Parlour, in Stockholm, Sweden, through which he performs philosophical care with individuals in therapeutic or existential contexts. He is a researcher in philosophical health at the Center for Medical Humanities and Social Sciences at Uppsala University.
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As a philosophical counsellor, Dr Luis de Miranda conducts individual online conversations with individuals from all over the world to help them make sense of their life, to help them feel a greater sense of the possible and of reality as an intercreative whole. He offers many discovery sessions free of charge to people from all continents who otherwise could not afford financially a form of therapy or dialogue that respects their dignity and thirst for meaning.

Philosophical health is not about finding what is wrong with a person in terms of diagnosis, norms or brain chemistry. It's about helping the person recover the mindful enthusiasm, holistic understanding and proactive serenity of being a whole human being, with a sense of purpose and the capacity to stand for what they believe is right and fair.

We are now asking you to help Dr Luis de Miranda continue to find time to offer at least 30 minutes of deep conversation and deep listening to persons who need it but cannot afford it, in all continents, from all ages, genders, and origins.

Last but not least, Luis has a vision. The vision of a Philosophical Health Institute that will play a role in what is perhaps the highest civilisational challenge of mankind: creating, in this century, the continuous possibility of existential regeneration for all beings, in our one harmonised planet.

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