Issues in philosophical counseling / Peter B. Raabe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Raabe, Peter B., 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophical counseling.

Physical Description:

xvii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

Summary:

A detailed discussion of issues in philosophical counseling for the practitioner and general public.

Contents:

1. The Man Who Saved the World but Could Not Save Himself 1

2. Philosophical Counseling in Brief 13

3. Experimental Philosophy 21

4. Clinical Philosophy 31

5. Counseling and the Cafe 35

6. E-mail Counseling 39

7. Sex and Logic 57

8. Speaking Like a Woman/Listening Like a Man 73

9. Rational Passions 91

10. All Seriousness Aside 101

11. Medicating the Mind 107

12. Medicating the Mind: A Second Dose 117

13. Getting to Normal 125

14. Celebrating Affliction 135

15. The Meaning of Life 141

16. Learning to Be Old 151

17. Suicide as Self-Defense 165

18. What Does God Have to Do with It? 183

19. Dream Interpretation 193

20. Duty to Oneself 215

21. The Independent Philosopher 219.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-235) and index.

ISBN:

027597667X

OCLC:

48641634