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Gerd B. Achenbach is chairman of the Society of Philosophical Praxis. ** Michael Picard teaches philosophy at Douglas College in Vancouver, BC, Canada. He founded and facilitated Café Philosophy in Victoria, BC, Canada, a series of public participatory philosophy events that ran weekly for over twelve years, later creating Philosophy Sports to improve the depth and dynamics of participatory philosophy

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Philosophical Praxis, launched by the author in 1981, ushers in a new academic philosophy as an alternative to current therapeutic practices, offering unique insights into the compelling origin and development of a renaissance of philosophy.

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Acknowledgments
Translator's Note
Preface
Prelude
Chapter 1: Short Answer to the Question: What Is Philosophical Praxis?
Chapter 2: Philosophical Praxis Boast a Long Tradition, but No Paragon
Chapter 3: Philosophical Praxis Bears the Insignia of Lebenskönnerschaft
Chapter 4: Conversational Mastery
Chapter 5: The Ground-Rule of Philosophical Praxis
Chapter 6: On Beginnings
Chapter 7: Philosophy as a Profession
Chapter 8: Education and Philosophical Praxis: Søren Kierkegaard and the Question of Who Is a Philosophical Practitioner
Chapter 9: Philosophical Praxis and the Virtues
Chapter 10: What Matters? What Is Important in Truth? What Is Crucial in the End? Guiding Perspectives in Philosophical Praxis
Chapter 11: Character and Destiny: Philosophical Praxis Has Much to Learn from Schopenhauer
Chapter 12: Philosophical Praxis as an Alternative to Psychotherapy and Pastoral Care
Bibliography
About the Author and Translator