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33Carroll, Noël. Humour: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2014, 126 pp., $11.95 paper (review)Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 74 (1): 99-101. 2016.
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The IndividualIn S. Emmanuel, W. McDonald & J. Stewart (eds.), Kierkegaard’s Concepts, Tome IV: Individual to Novel, Ashgate. 2014.
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40Rethinking philosophers' responsibilityIn Jinfen Yan & David E. Schrader (eds.), Proceedings of the Xxii World Congress of Philosophy, Edwin Mellen Press. pp. 19-29. 2009.Should philosophers address the needs of their societies? If the answer is affirmative, and if today's needs are being inadequately answered within the New Age movement for lack of viable alternatives, philosophers' minimal response could be teaching critical thinking outside the academe, and maximal response would be providing relevant wisdom for the world. The first option requires construing logic and epistemology as practical fields. The second requires reforming part of Philosophy as social…Read more
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1When Nietzsche Laughed: The Sanctification of Laughter in Nietzsche’s Thought.Metaphora 6 109-125. 2006.
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The Role of the Teacher in Philosophers’ Self-EducationIn G. T., P. T. & M. P. (eds.), Die Sprache der Freiheit. Philosophische Praxis und Kunst und Religion, Lit. pp. 143-183. 2011.
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Søren Kierkegaard and the Practice of PhilosophyIn B. R. J. (ed.), Philosophers as Philosophical Practitioners, Ediciones. pp. 31-45. 2006.
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66Kierkegaard and the Traditions of the Comic in PhilosophyKierkegaard Studies Yearbook 2013 (1): 189-216. 2013.Name der Zeitschrift: Kierkegaard Studies Yearbook Jahrgang: 2013 Heft: 1 Seiten: 377-402.
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Don’t Interrupt My Dialogue!In C. T. (ed.), Thinking through Dialogue, Practical Philosophy Press. pp. 239-243. 2001.
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The Value of Dissatisfaction – Maintaining the Tension that Unites Desires and ReasonAxiology and Ethics 46-57. 2014.
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Taking Philosophy Seriously: Perfectionism versus MeliorismIn B. R. J. (ed.), Philosophy and Practice, Grupo De Investigaciòn Universitario “filosofía Aplicada: Sujeto, Sufrimiento Y Socieded”. pp. 11-32. 2006.
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25Rethinking Philosophers' ResponsibilityProceedings of the Xxii World Congress of Philosophy 49 19-29. 2008.Should philosophers address the needs of their societies? If the answer is affirmative, and if today's needs are being inadequately answered within the New Age movement for lack of viable alternatives, philosophers' minimal response could be teaching critical thinking outside the academe, and maximal response would be providing relevant wisdom for the world. The first option requires construing logic and epistemology as practical fields. The second requires reforming part of Philosophy as social…Read more
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Philosophy’s Attitude towards the Comic. A ReevaluationEuropean Journal of Humor Research 1 (1): 6-21. 2013.
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29Humor and the Good Life in Modern Philosophy: Shaftesbury, Hamann, KierkegaardState University of New York Press. 2014._An exploration of philosophical and religious ideas about humor in modern philosophy and their secular implications._
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A “Dangerous Idea” – Taking Seriously Thomas Magnell’s Moral Injunction to Direct Thought to ThoughtHomo Oeconomicus 30 (4): 475-479. 2013.
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1Taking the History of Philosophy on Humor and Laughter SeriouslyIsraeli Journal of Humor Research: An International Journal 5 43-87. 2014.
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The Affective Aspect of Wisdom: Some Conceptions of Love of Humanity and their Use in Philosophical PracticePractical Philosophy 7 (1): 14-25. 2004.
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Que Podemos Aprender de la Filosofia Helenista? (What Can We Learn from Hellenistic Philosophy?Sophia: Revista de Filosofia 5 81-89. 2009.
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Kierkegaard and the Philosophical Traditions of the ComicKierkegaard Studies Yearbook 377-401. 2013.
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32Three Questionable Assumptions of Philosophical CounselingInternational Journal of Philosophical Practice 2 (1): 1-32. 2004.Philosophical practice or counseling has been described as a cluster of methods for treating everyday problems and predicaments through philosophical means. Notwithstanding the variety of methods, philosophical counselors seem to share the following tenets: 1. The counselee is autonomous; 2. Philosophical counseling differs from psychological counseling and 3. Philosophical counseling is effective in solving predicaments. A critical examination shows these to be problematic at both theoretical…Read more
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Philosophers, Ethics, and EmotionsPhilosophical Practice 4 (2): 447-458. 2009.In this paper I continue to probe the roles of philosophy and psychology in moral education. In a previous article published in this journal, I criticized the moral views of various schools of psychotherapy, and argued that philosophers are the sole professionals equipped to teach normative morality in a pluralistic, critical, and reasoned way . In this paper, I argue that effective moral education involves emotional education; that philosophers’ views of emotions tend to be reductive, and when …Read more
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