Philosophical Health

A Practical Introduction

Dr Luis de Miranda (University of Turku, Finland)

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Bloomsbury Academic
10 September 2024

Philosophy; Humanist & secular alternatives to religion; Complementary therapies, healing & health

What does it mean to become a sound mind in a healthy body and harmonious environment? This engaging introduction to the new field of philosophical health, written by its forerunner, presents the core tenets of the discipline. It explains in clear and elegant prose how a reflexive practice of sense-making can create a eudynamic balance between six existential senses: body, self, belonging, possibility, purpose, and the philosophical sense.

Luis de Miranda, inspired by nearly a decade of practice as a philosophical counsellor – with individuals, groups, institutions, NGO’s and corporations – offers a pragmatic open system that is supported with evidence from psychological science, various philosophical traditions or contemporary theories, as well as fascinating real stories from world wisdom.

Meaning in action is clearly the new way ahead for philosophy, rediscovered here as the responsible and practical big sister – if not queen – of all disciplines and ways of life. The international philosophical health movement is the long-awaited response, globally and locally, to the overall confusion the world fell into due to mindless processes and unexamined behaviour. This book shows us how, in a spirit of compossibility and oneness in diversity we now can, at last, intercreate a harmonious, rich, and diverse planetary civilisation.

By: Dr Luis de Miranda (University of Turku Finland)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Paperback
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781350405035
ISBN 10: 1350405035
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 10 September 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface Acknowledgements Prologue: Introducing Philosophical Health 1. The Bodily Sense 2. The Sense of Self 3. The Sense of Belonging 4. The Sense of the Possible 5. The Sense of Purpose 6. The Philosophical Sense Epilogue: Five Principles of Philosophical Practice Bibliography Index

Luis de Miranda is Senior Researcher in Practical Philosophy at the Turku Institute for Advanced Studies, Finland, and an Affiliated Researcher at the House of Innovation of the Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden. He is a philosophical counsellor and the founder of the Philosophical Health International movement. He edited the anthology Philosophical Health (Bloomsbury, 2024).