Philosophical practitioners on Agora (OLD)

Lydia Amir

Jose Barrientos

Carlo Basili

Heidi Bennent

Martina Bernasconi

Jorge Dias

Dries Boele

Oscar Brenifier

Inge Duytschaever

Laura Capogna

I am a philosophical practitioner living and working in Rome. I am a member of Phronesis, the Italian Association for philosophical counselling (www.phronesis-cf.com). I entered Phronesis (in 2011) for two reasons: to learn if and how it was possible to put philosophy into practice again, at the service of common people in everyday life, like Socrates and the ancient Greeks did; and to meet, and become part of a community of modern, living philosophers, with whom I could share, compare, and “put on trial” my vision of the world. I accepted Ran Lahav’s proposal to work on the Agora project for these same reasons.

Viktoria Chenrenko

Eef Cornelissen

Catharina de Haas

Leon de Haas

I practice philosophy as a counselor and trainer in the Netherlands and Germany. I am a board member of the German professional organization of philosophical practitioners (BV-PP, daughter organization of the IGPP). I am currently doing research on the consequences of Wittgenstein's later philosophy for philosophical practice.

Helen Douglas

Eli Eilon

Willi Fillinger

Jost Freese

Finn Hansen

Will Heutz

Ferdinand Garoff

Giiorgio Giacometti

Ora Gruengard

Thomas Gutknecht

Peter Harteloh

Gerald Hofer

I am a German philosopher, a board member of the International Society for Philosophical Practice (IGPP), and alumnus of the first education course of the German professional association on philosophical practice. I am dedicated to exploring ways to approach the fathomless, or what the ancients called “the One.”

Pia Houni

Albert Hoffmann

I was born in Prague (Czech Republic), and studied philosophy at the University of Zürich. For about five years I was organizing philosophical discussions with retired people under the roof of SAV (Stiftung Alterswohnungen der Stadt Zürich / Foundation apartments for elders in the city of Zürich). In the past ten years I have been hosting a Café-Philo in Zürich. Since 2013 I have my own philosophical practice. (www.sophonautik.ch)

Victor Hugo

Ida Jongsma

Zoran Kojcic

Tetsuya Kono

Roxana Kreimer

Ran Lahav

Anders Lindseth

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Marta Mancini

Bruna Marchetti

Giancarlo Marinelli

Antti Mattila

I was the first pioneer of philosophical practice in Finland. I started my practice in 1999 in Helsinki. I am also a child psychiatrist and I have been working as a trainer in Solution Focused Psychotherapy since 2000.

Kate Mehuron

Christine Mok-Wendt

Marleen Moors

Mirjam Musica

Michael Niehaus

Manos Perrakis

Karin Petrovic

Elly Pirocacos

Nicoletta Poli

Mike Roth

Eva Rouselle

Eckart Ruschmann

Brytta Ryschka

I am a philosophical counselor, working in Düesseldorf, Germany. I studied Economy and Philosophy, especially Philosophy of Psycoanalyses and Psycosomatics, and have been counseling individuals and companies in many parts of the world since 1988.

Maria Chiara Salvini

Jorge Sanchez-Manjavacs

Dietlinde Schmalfuß-Plicht

Detlef Staude

David Sumiacher

Luigi Vero Tarca

Minke Trompe

Arto Tukiainen

I am a philosophical practitioner living in Finland, where I received my doctoral degree from the Department of Practical Philosophy at the University of Helsinki in 1999. My interest in the contemporary field of philosophical practice developed out of a need for philosophical orientation in my own life. You can read my essays at www.artotukiainen.net. Many of them have also been published in journals such as Philosophical Practice, Practical Philosophy and International Journal on Philosophical Practice.

Kristof van Rossem

Ville-Matti Vikka

Michael Noah Weiss

Stefano Zampieri

Chiara Zanella

Carmen Zavala

I am a philosophical practitioner with a PhD in Philosophy by the National University of San Marcos. Since 1998 I co-organize a philosophical café in Lima every Saturday evening. I also organize philosophical workshops, retreats, and individual counseling sessions. Together with Ran Lahav I adminstrate the Agora Webpage since 2014. My personal website is www.zavala.de/carmen

Samuel Zinaich