Category: philosophical counseling

• July 4, 2012

  On my love of sensualism

  I would never have imagined that philosophical life, which seems to privilege inquiry, abstract considerations, mathematical rigor, and mental activity more generally, could open me up to ‘sensualism’ but it has. Perhaps it is that dwelling on how all transient things hang together points me back to this particular thing here, revealing to me a…
• July 3, 2012

  On improv and philosophy

  Before I met Alex Fradera yesterday afternoon, I tweeted my friend Dougald, “@dougald, journeyman on pilgrimage. I’m seeing Alex in NYC tomorrow. Shall I send your best to him?” He replied, “@andrewjtaggart Wonderful! Please do – and give him a big hug from me.” I did. Alex finished his Ph.D. in psychology and for six…
• July 2, 2012

  The beautiful soul in Strawberry Fields

  David E. Cooper and I are writing about the notion of the beautiful soul. David argues that the beautiful soul will manifest beauty in his demeanor when the latter has learned to appreciate the beauty of things all around him. I want to see in this picture a certain meditative gracefulness embodied in the beautiful…
• June 30, 2012

  On contempt and compassion

  When contempt is no more, then compassion is all there is. When compassion is all there is, then contempt can have no room.
• June 29, 2012

  Joan’s drawing

  When, a few weeks back, Joan asked me whether I would like to have one of her drawings, I thought only, “Which one?” There are 30, perhaps as many as 40 drawings hanging in the fourth floor hallway. There were ones of younger frail women and others of cocksure men. Neither sort would suit. For…