How to navigate the hidden gems of philosophy | Maria Balaska

Philosophy For Our Times

English - December 07, 2021 11:54 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MB - ★★★★ - 260 ratings
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Is there a connection between philosophy and psychoanalysis? A place for discussing children in philosophy? Listen to find out.

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Psychoanalysis and philosophy share a deep interest in what it means to be human and what it means to be in the world. At the heart of both philosophical and psychological investigations lies three questions: What can I know? What ought I do? And what can I hope for?

Dr Maria Balaska discusses the connection between our psychological understanding of ourselves, and our philosophical understanding of the world around us.

Maria Balaska is a philosopher at the University of Hertfordshire. Her book Wittgenstein and Lacan at the Limit: Meaning and Astonishment brings together philosophy and psychoanalysis on the significance and the challenges of experiences of astonishment.

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