Category: philosophical counseling
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Being God-Open: A Series of Letters
Over the coming months, I’ll be writing a series of letters entitled “Being God-Open.” They will constitute an inquiry, inspired by mysticism, into the possibility of God’s existence and into the implications for my life. I anticipate sending out such letters–more personal, more searching, ever-open–on a bimonthly basis. If you would like to subscribe, you can…
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Two Cons: “Institutional Education” and “Meaningful Work”
You fell into the trap: you got an institutional education. You funded that education with loans. Those loans, you still believe, will have to be repaid. Also, there’s all the consumer debt you slowly accumulated while looking for “a career,” that silly, stupid beast. Ah, now all the loans will be repaid by working them off. That’s…
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Where the Left and the Right Went Wrong
The point of being on this planet is to figure out why we’re on this planet. The point needs to be made because human beings seem to do most everything they can to avoid this existential question, the only one that ultimately warrants asking.
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Intellectual Estrangement (2011-15): A Mystery
If there is one thing that all conversation partners and philosophical friends have in common, one thing that can be gleaned from the winter of 2011 to the present, it is the theme of intellectual estrangement. Each, alone, has come to me because his thoughts have seemed very much his own, very unlike the thoughts of others,…
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What is Philosophical Inquiry For? A Reconsideration
I have been a philosophical guide for about five years. I believe that a philosophical guide inquires with another human being about his life. The question soon and often emerges: what is philosophical inquiring for? Initially (around 2011-12), I provided an answer that was too stringent: the aim of philosophical inquiry is to lead a radiant life. (See A…
Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. 