Philosophy in Practical Domain; from Intellectual Skills to Philosophical Life

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 PhD Student, Islamic Philosophy and Theology(KALAM), Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies, University of Tehran

2 , Professor, Islamic Philosophy and Theology (KALAM), Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies, University of Tehran

3 Professor, Planning in Higher Education, Institute for Research & Planning in Higher Education

10.22061/orj.2023.2157

Abstract

The ancient Greeks distinguished between two types or two meanings of education by using the metaphor of filling a vessel and lighting a flame. The acceptance of this distinction and the priority of education in the second sense has directed the attention of thinkers to different fields of education (especially the field of practice) and providing appropriate models. This article tries to find and explain the field of practice in philosophy education. For this purpose, after a brief overview of contemporary researchers' re-attention to the practical domain of philosophy, we will examine the factors affecting this flow and its consequences. In the following, "philosophical skills" and "philosophical life" are proposed and analyzed as the implications of the practical field of philosophy. In the first implication, we will study two suggested lists for philosophical skills and try to organize the differences of opinion, and in the second implication, we will explain the idea of philosophy as a way of life and the currents arising from it, such as philosophical counseling and philosophical therapy. At the end, the practical field of philosophy is drawn as a pyramid consisting of philosophical skills at the lower level, bio-philosophical skills at the upper level and other activities related to philosophizing at the middle levels.

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