PhD in philosophy. Activities: philosophy consultant, philosophy for children, didactics of philosophy, philosophical practice.
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Oscar Brenifier
The Institute of Philosophical Practice is organizing its 5th summer seminar in English on philosophical practice.
It will take place in La Chapelle St André, a small village in Burgundy, 250 km from Paris.
Philosophy
professors or practicing philosophers who wish to present their
methodology during the seminar are invited to forward by electronic
mail their proposal, before April 30th, 2010 at the following address:
alcofrib@club-internet.fr
The proposal should take the form of a
workshop, not a lecture. They can deal with the various aspects of
philosophical practice: philosophy with children, philosophical
consultation or counseling, philosophy in business, philosophy
teaching, etc.
As an indication, one can examine the program of the past winter seminar, indicated below.
A
philosophical workshop is a practice where one engages himself to
produce and understand ideas, deepening them through argumentation,
analysis and interpretation, problematizing them through questions and
objections, clarifying them through the identification and utilization
of concepts. It is not an exchange of opinions, a lecture or a
verification of acquired knowledge, but the common elaboration of a
thinking process, by examining its flaws and limitations, working it
through in order to develop it in a conscious and reflected manner.
We
all have opinions, erudite or banal, that we enjoy repeating, without
realizing that we have become their captive. To philosophize is to make
a stop on those ideas, in order to examine them in a critical way.
A
workshop has a structure and functioning rules, it imposes constraints
in order to ensure that one confronts rigorously the ideas he
encounters.
For more information: i.millon@club-internet.fr Te1. 33 1 30 76 06 24
The
Institute of Philosophical Practices has decided to put into place a
line of philosophical consultation, free of charge, through the Skype
system. This implies preferably the use of a computer camera for both
audio and visual communication.
For inquiry : alcofrib@club-internet.fr
We recommand to watch videos of such consultation on our website before making such a demand.
Oscar BRENIFIER (France) Philosophy Practitioner – Institut de Pratiques Philosophiques
Workshop : Thinking the unthinkable
In the common language, and very often in the mind of those who want to practice philosophizing, to think has to do with articulating one’s beliefs and defending them. Even though this aspect of the work is undeniably useful since it contributes to the clarification of one’s position, it quickly reaches it limits unless one accepts to initiate the work of negativity. Critique, questioning, problematizing, one has to recognize the drawbacks, the flaws and even the absurdity of a given posture in order to truly understand it. Then we will be conscious of our own stand and produce new concepts.
Nelson HOEDEKIE (Belgium) Philosophy Practitioner
Workshop: Face (in) the Mirror – my eyes don’t see my face
Change thinking by confronting the ideas about one’s self with reality. The workshop lets the participant experience, in an active, analogous and accessible way (fun, creative, analogous, participant-directed, pre-verbal, multimedia…) what philosophizing is.
Hein HOEK - Philosophy consultant (Belgium)
Workshop : Structure and chaos
Based on a Socratic Dialogue, this workshop covers various elements such as constellations, pantomime, paintings or drawings, all depicting notions of chaos and structure. A “non-verbal expression of an idea » is the starting point and the common experience of a following Socratic Dialogue. The workshop is supposed to be fun, confusing and reflective at the same time.
Heykel HOUAS – PhD in Mathematics (France)
Workshop: Naming and processing the oppositions through the antinomies
Resistances from the one who is questioned in a Socratic dialog are important moments in the questioning. They cause several difficulties for the questioner, since it impedes the processing of the problem, inducing as well certain blindness to the stakes of these oppositions. The aim of this workshop is to identify the nature of these oppositions through antinomies, proposing how to deal with these oppositions through the tools thus described.
Jérôme LECOQ - Product Manager (France) – Masters in Philosophy - Apprentice Philosophy Practitioner
Workshop: Philosophical questioning
Practicing the Brenifier method : thinking together, starting with a non-specifically philosophical question. How to ask a question, clarify its meaning for everyone, check its premises and its limits. One should first commit himself to an answer and clarify one's arguments, then discover one's prejudices and develop further his hypothesis.
Tomas MAGALHAES CARNEIRO – Philosophy Practitioner (Portugal)
Workshop : Giving birth to concepts
How to give birth to different concepts and extract rich and diversified philosophical questions during philosophical workshops.
Isabelle MILLON – Philosophy Practitioner (Philosophy workshop facilitator for adults and children) / Trainer for teachers and social workers (France)
Workshop: Moral dilemma
After the description of a moral dilemma, the participants will have to take a decision and produce criteria (arguments, concepts) in order to justify their judgment. Then, they would have to critique somebody by asking questions or giving objections, which will be answered. Finally, a global analysis of the work will be done.
Detlef STAUDE – Coordinator of the Swiss group of philosophical practitioners (Switzerland)
Workshop : Philosophizing with Groups – Concepts and Methods
The workshop will show some important conditions and methods that ensure that philosophizing in a group can take place successfully. It shows as well why philosophizing in groups is for both, the participants and the leading philosopher, one of the most satisfying ways of Philosophical Practice.
If
you wish to be posted on the activities of the I. P. P., you can send
your name and email at the adress below, and you will be included in
our mailing list. You can as well write at this email for more
information.
Isabelle Millon i.millon@club-internet.fr
To download the Unesco
2007 report: Philosophy, a school of freedom :
unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001541/154173E.pdf
Oscar Brenifier is the author of chapter 4 : Other ways to discover
philosophy, philosophy in the city