Michael Picard teaches philosophy at Douglas College in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Picard holds an MSc and PhD in Philosophy from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and is an APPA-certified philosophical counsellor. He founded and facilitated Café Philosophy in Victoria, BC, Canada, a series of public participatory philosophy events that ran weekly for over twelve years, later creating Philosophy Sports to improve the depth and dynamics of participatory philosophy. Author of the award-winning philosophy primer, This is Not a Book (Quid, 2007), he is currently preparing English translations of Philosophical Practice and On Right in Wrong, by G…
Michael Picard teaches philosophy at Douglas College in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Picard holds an MSc and PhD in Philosophy from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and is an APPA-certified philosophical counsellor. He founded and facilitated Café Philosophy in Victoria, BC, Canada, a series of public participatory philosophy events that ran weekly for over twelve years, later creating Philosophy Sports to improve the depth and dynamics of participatory philosophy. Author of the award-winning philosophy primer, This is Not a Book (Quid, 2007), he is currently preparing English translations of Philosophical Practice and On Right in Wrong, by Gerd Achenbach, German philosopher and pioneer of philosophical praxis. Picard has taught widely on the subjects of logic, psychology, cognitive science, leadership, and sustainability.
