Tag: review
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(Review) On a Judgment of One’s Own: Heideggerian Authenticity, Standpoints, and All Things Considered
McManus, D. (2019). On a Judgment of One’s Own: Heideggerian Authenticity, Standpoints, and All Things Considered. [Online]. 128 (512). pp. 1181–1204. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/fzx045. In this illuminating account of Heidegger’s notion of authenticity (Eigentlichkeit), McManus thoroughly explores Heidegger’s descriptions of authentic existence in Being and Time through an in-depth review of primary and secondary literature, including…
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(Review) The A Priori: Merleau-Ponty’s ‘New Definition’
Shahid, S. (2022). ‘The A Priori: Merleau-Ponty’s ‘New Definition’’, International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 30(4), pp. 399-419. Available at: 10.1080/09672559.2022.2108102. Introduction Sidra Shahid begins her article by quoting Merleau-Ponty in his magnum opus, Phenomenology of Perception, on his claim of having pronounced a ‘new definition of the a priori’ [p. 399]. She then swiftly introduces the reader…
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Why CBT Should Not Be the ‘Gold Standard’ of Psychotherapy
CBT is the abbreviation of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which is widely considered the McNuggets of the psychotherapeutic industry. To start, I would say that I am personally not a hater of CBT, nor do I have any vendetta against it. As an avid philosophy reader, I find the fundamental principles of CBT to be largely…