Articles about Philosophy

The following is a review of a book on the relationship between the French philosopher and psychoanalysis. Psychoanalysis with which the author of "surveiller et punir" m...

When did our profession ever seriously consider the loss of wonder and its implications for the health of doctor and patient alike?

We are foolish to remain preoccupied with diagnostic paradigms that are circumscribed simply because finer understanding is difficult, complex, even elusive.

It is a little known fact that Bill Wilson (who suffered, like James, with manic-depressive illness through the course of his life) called out on his deathbed for “three ...

“To lie is not only to say what isn't true. It is also and above all, to say more than is true, and, as far as the human heart is concerned, to express more than one feel...

Amid our current infatuation with mindfulness, we must guard against becoming too comfortable among the clouds . . .

Could physics be used to prove why we should be compassionate?

The difference between empathy and compassion. The Samaritan’s empathy told him what the other person was experiencing; his compassion (and ethics) told him what to do ab...