The Will of Meaning and Theory. Additions to the Motivation Theory of Philosophical Praxis

In my article I demonstrate the motivation theoretical connections of philosophical praxis / counseling. I argue that this approach is capable of clarifying the peculiarity of this new discipline of applied philosophy as philosophy, and the range of its competence and relation to other assistance professions, accordingly (psychotherapy, pedagogy, social work, etc). According to the article’s approach, philosophical praxis is not merely the application of philosophy to independently appearing life problems, but is itself a kind of practice, or in the language of tradition the praxis of theory (Aristotle), which at the same time always means life practice/philosophy. In the words of Czech philosopher Jan Patočka, it is “such a universal enlightening, which does not derive from the light of meaning, but is inflamed by life, when stumbling upon the hard cornerstones of its boundaries”.

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