The mathematics folks have been fairly adept organizing into Circles. I watched them do it and see where Philosophy Circles could be "a thing". Of course I'm not the only one thinking this way. Alex and I formed a circle, inviting a visiting physics professor, quite awhile ago. We met in a church.
You may recall in the 1980s or so, some philosophers proposed hanging out a shingle kind of like Lucy in Peanuts, who had a psychiatry booth. Did she serve lemonade? Probably the Kool-aid is in another booth. Charlie Brown was always game for another therapy session, for a nickle.
Philosophers might indeed be the adepts in psychedelics but that wasn't a main focus. Rather, you might see your corner philosopher to wrestle with existential problems, but not from the premise of "medical patient seeking a cure" (how the Freudians operate).
Actually, some psychologists in the Jungian lineage have experimented with dropping the idea of "pathologies" and running clinics. We might think of "morphologies" and of philosophers more as experts in posture and shape shifting, both literally and metaphorically.
How one sits with the world influences where one stands. Where are you on the Globalist to Nationalist spectrum, or is that not an axis that gets to your address? How do you advertise and what? Lets leave aside whether you engage in PR and just assume that's a given. No judgement.
I like starting with questions about clinical depression, which the drug industry wants to treat with miracle pills, a panoply of psychotropics.
Philosophers are more likely to aver that the illness is not effectively treated at the individual level as the principal symptoms, as well as the causes, are psycho-social in nature. That's why we need more research. We actually need to cure what ails us, not act out.
Planting memes and seeing how they travel is not illegal and is what the media savvy do all the time, usually for reasons other than a love for pure theory. Any agency with a payroll needs more of a purpose than idle play. Attracting advertisers has served that purpose.
Philosophers put up billboards, just like some religions do. You've likely seen them. Bumper stickers likewise play a role.
Am I suggesting all philosophers are on the same page with these various Circles, these Borromean Rings? On the contrary, these interlocking directorates are all over the map.
You may recall in the 1980s or so, some philosophers proposed hanging out a shingle kind of like Lucy in Peanuts, who had a psychiatry booth. Did she serve lemonade? Probably the Kool-aid is in another booth. Charlie Brown was always game for another therapy session, for a nickle.
Philosophers might indeed be the adepts in psychedelics but that wasn't a main focus. Rather, you might see your corner philosopher to wrestle with existential problems, but not from the premise of "medical patient seeking a cure" (how the Freudians operate).
Actually, some psychologists in the Jungian lineage have experimented with dropping the idea of "pathologies" and running clinics. We might think of "morphologies" and of philosophers more as experts in posture and shape shifting, both literally and metaphorically.
How one sits with the world influences where one stands. Where are you on the Globalist to Nationalist spectrum, or is that not an axis that gets to your address? How do you advertise and what? Lets leave aside whether you engage in PR and just assume that's a given. No judgement.
I like starting with questions about clinical depression, which the drug industry wants to treat with miracle pills, a panoply of psychotropics.
Philosophers are more likely to aver that the illness is not effectively treated at the individual level as the principal symptoms, as well as the causes, are psycho-social in nature. That's why we need more research. We actually need to cure what ails us, not act out.
Planting memes and seeing how they travel is not illegal and is what the media savvy do all the time, usually for reasons other than a love for pure theory. Any agency with a payroll needs more of a purpose than idle play. Attracting advertisers has served that purpose.
Philosophers put up billboards, just like some religions do. You've likely seen them. Bumper stickers likewise play a role.
Am I suggesting all philosophers are on the same page with these various Circles, these Borromean Rings? On the contrary, these interlocking directorates are all over the map.
