Tag: review

  • (Review) On a Judgment of One’s Own: Heideggerian Authenticity, Standpoints, and All Things Considered

    (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…

  • (Review) The A Priori: Merleau-Ponty’s ‘New Definition’

    (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…

  • Why CBT Should Not Be the ‘Gold Standard’ of Psychotherapy

    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…