In Phenomenology and Posthumanism(s). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. pp. 107-133. 2026The Enlightenment-humanist tradition places the rational, autonomous individual at the heart of its inquiries into human nature. Much of phenomenology, following Edmund Husserl, carries forward this tradition, placing the rational individual at the heart of its investigations. Existential phenomenology, as d…
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This paper examines the relationship between self, thought, and direct experience through a phenomenological approach. It argues that life unfolds as an immediate, non-verbal movement, while thought emerges as a secondary process rooted in memory, language, and conditioning. The sense of “self” is investigated not as an inherent entity but as a construct arising through conceptual identi…
Today's post is by Themistoklis Pantazakos, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Philosophy at the American College of Greece and Visiting Professor of Parenting and Special Education at KU Leuven. His research regards the philosophy of psychiatry, particularly issues of evidence based diagnosis, as well as phenomenological psychiatry and the use of client expertise in psychotherapy. In this
