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Papers by Leon de Haas

Philosophical Practice and Counseling. Official Journal of the Korean Society of Philosophical Pratcice, 2018

In this essay, which is a summary of the main ideas in the author’s Ph.D. research (still work in... more In this essay, which is a summary of the main ideas in the author’s Ph.D. research (still work in progress), the author proposes a method to justify philosophical practice philosophically. Such a justification is necessary for the sake of the connection with academic philosophy and to avoid philosophical bungling. The author connects to Socrates’ skeptical and maieutic legacy, as well as to Husserl’s perceptive/experiential and Wittgenstein’s descriptive and ordinary language legacies. He explains his hypothesis that a philosopher might be aware of his epistemic premises and able to test these premises in the practice of philosophizing. He discusses his methodic and epistemic hypotheses, the latter being experiential and semantic questioning.

This paper is meant to show that a choreographic typology of philosophical practice is possible a... more This paper is meant to show that a choreographic typology of philosophical practice is possible and fruitful. In the absence of social research in this field, the author presents an intuitive set of parameters. The parameters will be explained and clarified by applying them to some exemplary practices. The article concludes with recommendations for further research in the field of a choreographic typology of philosophical practice.

Script for a Master class at the 11th International Conference on Philosophical Practice, Chunche... more Script for a Master class at the 11th International Conference on Philosophical Practice, Chuncheon, South Korea, July 2012

nthüllen uns vieles unserer Voreingenommenheit und nichts von der Welt. Nietzsche ist der Denker ... more nthüllen uns vieles unserer Voreingenommenheit und nichts von der Welt.
Nietzsche ist der Denker des Bankrotts der Europäischen Kultur, das heißt, der Kultur des weltfremden Denkens der Athener Philosophen und der lebensfremden Christlichen Moral.
In dieser Vorlesung werde ich Nietzsches Art des Denkens schildern. Und ich werde mir vorstellen, welche Konsequenzen das für das, was wir ‘philosophische Praxis’ nennen, hat.
Selbstverständlich kann ich das nur schildern im Lichte eines Beispiels der philosophischen Praxis: philosophische Begegnungen mit einer Frau, die Gast ist in meiner Praxis.

The question whether philosophical counseling is - or should be - a therapy or not, can be cleare... more The question whether philosophical counseling is - or should be - a therapy or not, can be cleared by discussing Gordon Baker’s therapeutic Wittgenstein-interpretation. Through Peter Hacker’s justified criticism of Baker’s reasoning, the author takes Baker’s practical intention seriously, and shows an other perspective on Wittgenstein’s way of thinking. Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations are a criticism of metaphysical uses of language. Thereby, his fo- cus is on these uses, not on his own position and attitude as a describer of everyday situations and experiences. When we do so, it appears that his way of situational philosophizing is closely related to the positioning and attitude of a philosophical counselor. At the end, it is more appropriate to speak of training than of therapy.

Philosophical Practice and Counseling. Official Journal of the Korean Society of Philosophical Practice, 2012, Vol. 3, 2012

"This essay is a revised and expanded version of the text which was the basis for the author’s Ma... more "This essay is a revised and expanded version of the text which was the basis for the author’s Masterclass at the 11th International Conference on Philosophical Practice (ICPP), the 18th of July 2012 at the Humanities Institute, Kangwon National University in Chuncheon, Republic of Korea.
The main goal of the essay is, to contribute to a theory of philosophical practice. To do this, the author develops a criticism of reductionist practices in philosophy. The theoretical point of departure is an abridged survey of the two paradigmatic changes in European philosophy in the 20th century, i.e., Husserl’s phenomenology, and Wittgenstein’s language game analysis. The line of thinking is illustrated by a case story of the author.
Part I discusses the phenomenological and linguistic turns in European philosophy. Part II describes and discusses a case story. Part III criticizes two forms of reductionism in philosophical practice, namely psychological and conceptual reductionism. Part IV gives an initial impetus to a theory of philosophical practice beyond any reductionism.
In the present essay, the author is dealing with Western philosophy only, as the origins of post-Modern philosophical practice are rooted in Western philosophy. Lately, Eastern philosophy has been an inspiration for philosophical practice as well.

Keywords. European philosophy, paradigmatic shifts, Husserl, Wittgenstein, reductionism, psychologism, conceptualism, situational philosophy, philosophical encounter, philosophical dialogue."

Philosophical Practice. 5 Questions, 2013

Manayavatan Journal on Humanities of Centre for Studies in Humanities, Jan 2012

Current attempts to set criteria for judging the value of philosophical practice are one-sided fo... more Current attempts to set criteria for judging the value of philosophical practice are one-sided focussed on the practitioner's competences, views and methods. In this essay, arguments are carried along to involve the client's perspective in the process of valuing the practitioner's interventions. Joining in with Toulmin's analysis of clinical disciplines, the author characterizes the dialogues in philosophical practices as clinical situations. In line with this, a dialogical approach of the assessment of these interventions is proposed. The dialogical evaluation involves the dialogue between client and practitioner about the concrete interventional process, as well as meta-dialogues with colleagues about the philosophical value of the practitioner's interventions.

Philosophical Practice and Counseling 2011 Vol. 2, Dec 2011

In this lecture I will show how a phenomenological approach in philosophical practice works out i... more In this lecture I will show how a phenomenological approach in philosophical practice works out in dialogical encounters. We will see when we experience the limitations of this approach, and how Wittgenstein's philosophical investigations can help us out. After an evaluation of Wittgenstein's philosophy, I will show how philosophical practice can go beyond both phenomenology and Wittgenstein's investigations. In this lecture I will introduce the concepts of 'narrative situation', 'observational position' and 'situational understanding'. These concepts are not developed in a theory, but are technical term in the description of dialogical encounters, the same way Wittgenstein's concepts of 'language-games' and 'forms of life' are technical terms (he could have said, "Look, now I am describing a form of life to show how the word 'feeling' is used". 1 )

HASER. Revista Internacional de Filosofía Aplicada, numéro 2, 2011

Tijdschrift Filosofie, Jan 2010

Gepubliceerd in: tijdschrift Filosofie, jaargang 2010, nummer 6 Medio augustus dit jaar vond in d... more Gepubliceerd in: tijdschrift Filosofie, jaargang 2010, nummer 6 Medio augustus dit jaar vond in de Internationale School voor Wijsbegeerte te Leusden de 10th International Conference on Philosophical Practice (10th ICPP) plaats. Honderdtwintig praktiserende filosofen uit de hele wereld namen daar deel aan master classes en workshops. Alle werksoorten en stijlen van de filosofische praktijk waren vertegenwoordigd. In dit artikel neemt de lezer kennis van de voorbereiding, het concept en de realisatie van deze conferentie. Daarbij wordt het fenomeen 'filosofische praktijk' geplaatst in de context van de praktische, maatschappelijk-relevante en politieke filosofie sinds de jaren 1960 en '70.

Filosofie, jrg. 18, nr. 4, 2008

Over leven en filosoferen: samenhang en onderscheid door Leon de Haas Gepubliceerd in: Filosofie,... more Over leven en filosoferen: samenhang en onderscheid door Leon de Haas Gepubliceerd in: Filosofie, jrg. 18, nr. 4 Ludwig Wittgenstein, uitg. Damon, Budel 2008 Inleiding Getuige het succes van Filosofie Magazine, de Internationale School Voor Wijsbegeerte en de Socratische gesprek-begeleiding, geniet de filosofie grote belangstelling bij een breed publiek in Nederland. De laatste jaren trekt de 'filosofische levenskunst' veel aandacht. Aan wie Wittgenstein beschouwt als de belangrijkste filosoof van de 20ste eeuw, valt op dat die interesse nauwelijks toevalt aan diens filosofisch onderzoek. Heeft Wittgensteins filosofie de 21ste-eeuwse mens niets te bieden? En heeft zij niets van doen met de filosofische levenskunst? Wittgenstein en levenskunst? Pierre Hadot valt de eer toe, de antieke Hellenistische levenskunst onder het stof van de academische filosofie gehaald te hebben. In zijn poging een soort levenskunst-traditie in de filosofie te reconstrueren, haalt hij onder meer ook Wittgenstein binnen in de galerij van de levenskunst-filosofen. Hij haakt met name aan bij de 'Tractatus-Wittgenstein'. Dit bevreemdt niet, gezien de spirituele en mystieke invulling die Hadot geeft aan de filosofische manier van leven. Hij meent in het werk van Wittgenstein enkele overeenkomsten te zien met de Hellenistische scholen. "Wat de 'Tractatus' drijft, is namelijk de wil om

Computers in Human Services, Jan 1, 1996

ABSTRACT Managing a non-profit organization for public social work is primarily a matter of quali... more ABSTRACT Managing a non-profit organization for public social work is primarily a matter of quality management which is the responsibility of the service manager. Because of (a) the actual state of quality assurance in the public social work branches, and (b) the ...

Books by Leon de Haas

This book contains six essays on philosophical practice. They all have been written in 2011 and 2... more This book contains six essays on philosophical practice. They all have been written in 2011 and 2012, and published elsewhere, in an anthology or a journal. They express my thoughts about philosophical practice at the time.
The three essays in chapters 2, 3 and 4 have also been published together as an e-book: ‘Dialogical Encounters. Three Essays on Philosophical Coaching’, Roermond: 2011, ISBN 978-94-90208-00-4.

This e-book is a compilation of eight essays I wrote in the years 2011-2016 in the field of philo... more This e-book is a compilation of eight essays I wrote in the years 2011-2016 in the field of philosophical practice. They all have been published in Journals of philosophy and philosophical practice, or in the proceedings of a conference (see the acknowledgment at the end of the book).
The title “Skeptical Interventions” refers to both the Socratic nature of the dialogical philosophy I practice, and the nature of these essays as critical interventions in discussions about philosophical practice.
Actually the texts are preparatory studies for the dissertation project I am currently working on.

Philosophical Practice and Counseling. Official Journal of the Korean Society of Philosophical Pratcice, 2018

In this essay, which is a summary of the main ideas in the author’s Ph.D. research (still work in... more In this essay, which is a summary of the main ideas in the author’s Ph.D. research (still work in progress), the author proposes a method to justify philosophical practice philosophically. Such a justification is necessary for the sake of the connection with academic philosophy and to avoid philosophical bungling. The author connects to Socrates’ skeptical and maieutic legacy, as well as to Husserl’s perceptive/experiential and Wittgenstein’s descriptive and ordinary language legacies. He explains his hypothesis that a philosopher might be aware of his epistemic premises and able to test these premises in the practice of philosophizing. He discusses his methodic and epistemic hypotheses, the latter being experiential and semantic questioning.

This paper is meant to show that a choreographic typology of philosophical practice is possible a... more This paper is meant to show that a choreographic typology of philosophical practice is possible and fruitful. In the absence of social research in this field, the author presents an intuitive set of parameters. The parameters will be explained and clarified by applying them to some exemplary practices. The article concludes with recommendations for further research in the field of a choreographic typology of philosophical practice.

Script for a Master class at the 11th International Conference on Philosophical Practice, Chunche... more Script for a Master class at the 11th International Conference on Philosophical Practice, Chuncheon, South Korea, July 2012

nthüllen uns vieles unserer Voreingenommenheit und nichts von der Welt. Nietzsche ist der Denker ... more nthüllen uns vieles unserer Voreingenommenheit und nichts von der Welt.
Nietzsche ist der Denker des Bankrotts der Europäischen Kultur, das heißt, der Kultur des weltfremden Denkens der Athener Philosophen und der lebensfremden Christlichen Moral.
In dieser Vorlesung werde ich Nietzsches Art des Denkens schildern. Und ich werde mir vorstellen, welche Konsequenzen das für das, was wir ‘philosophische Praxis’ nennen, hat.
Selbstverständlich kann ich das nur schildern im Lichte eines Beispiels der philosophischen Praxis: philosophische Begegnungen mit einer Frau, die Gast ist in meiner Praxis.

The question whether philosophical counseling is - or should be - a therapy or not, can be cleare... more The question whether philosophical counseling is - or should be - a therapy or not, can be cleared by discussing Gordon Baker’s therapeutic Wittgenstein-interpretation. Through Peter Hacker’s justified criticism of Baker’s reasoning, the author takes Baker’s practical intention seriously, and shows an other perspective on Wittgenstein’s way of thinking. Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations are a criticism of metaphysical uses of language. Thereby, his fo- cus is on these uses, not on his own position and attitude as a describer of everyday situations and experiences. When we do so, it appears that his way of situational philosophizing is closely related to the positioning and attitude of a philosophical counselor. At the end, it is more appropriate to speak of training than of therapy.

Philosophical Practice and Counseling. Official Journal of the Korean Society of Philosophical Practice, 2012, Vol. 3, 2012

"This essay is a revised and expanded version of the text which was the basis for the author’s Ma... more "This essay is a revised and expanded version of the text which was the basis for the author’s Masterclass at the 11th International Conference on Philosophical Practice (ICPP), the 18th of July 2012 at the Humanities Institute, Kangwon National University in Chuncheon, Republic of Korea.
The main goal of the essay is, to contribute to a theory of philosophical practice. To do this, the author develops a criticism of reductionist practices in philosophy. The theoretical point of departure is an abridged survey of the two paradigmatic changes in European philosophy in the 20th century, i.e., Husserl’s phenomenology, and Wittgenstein’s language game analysis. The line of thinking is illustrated by a case story of the author.
Part I discusses the phenomenological and linguistic turns in European philosophy. Part II describes and discusses a case story. Part III criticizes two forms of reductionism in philosophical practice, namely psychological and conceptual reductionism. Part IV gives an initial impetus to a theory of philosophical practice beyond any reductionism.
In the present essay, the author is dealing with Western philosophy only, as the origins of post-Modern philosophical practice are rooted in Western philosophy. Lately, Eastern philosophy has been an inspiration for philosophical practice as well.

Keywords. European philosophy, paradigmatic shifts, Husserl, Wittgenstein, reductionism, psychologism, conceptualism, situational philosophy, philosophical encounter, philosophical dialogue."

Philosophical Practice. 5 Questions, 2013

Manayavatan Journal on Humanities of Centre for Studies in Humanities, Jan 2012

Current attempts to set criteria for judging the value of philosophical practice are one-sided fo... more Current attempts to set criteria for judging the value of philosophical practice are one-sided focussed on the practitioner's competences, views and methods. In this essay, arguments are carried along to involve the client's perspective in the process of valuing the practitioner's interventions. Joining in with Toulmin's analysis of clinical disciplines, the author characterizes the dialogues in philosophical practices as clinical situations. In line with this, a dialogical approach of the assessment of these interventions is proposed. The dialogical evaluation involves the dialogue between client and practitioner about the concrete interventional process, as well as meta-dialogues with colleagues about the philosophical value of the practitioner's interventions.

Philosophical Practice and Counseling 2011 Vol. 2, Dec 2011

In this lecture I will show how a phenomenological approach in philosophical practice works out i... more In this lecture I will show how a phenomenological approach in philosophical practice works out in dialogical encounters. We will see when we experience the limitations of this approach, and how Wittgenstein's philosophical investigations can help us out. After an evaluation of Wittgenstein's philosophy, I will show how philosophical practice can go beyond both phenomenology and Wittgenstein's investigations. In this lecture I will introduce the concepts of 'narrative situation', 'observational position' and 'situational understanding'. These concepts are not developed in a theory, but are technical term in the description of dialogical encounters, the same way Wittgenstein's concepts of 'language-games' and 'forms of life' are technical terms (he could have said, "Look, now I am describing a form of life to show how the word 'feeling' is used". 1 )

HASER. Revista Internacional de Filosofía Aplicada, numéro 2, 2011

Tijdschrift Filosofie, Jan 2010

Gepubliceerd in: tijdschrift Filosofie, jaargang 2010, nummer 6 Medio augustus dit jaar vond in d... more Gepubliceerd in: tijdschrift Filosofie, jaargang 2010, nummer 6 Medio augustus dit jaar vond in de Internationale School voor Wijsbegeerte te Leusden de 10th International Conference on Philosophical Practice (10th ICPP) plaats. Honderdtwintig praktiserende filosofen uit de hele wereld namen daar deel aan master classes en workshops. Alle werksoorten en stijlen van de filosofische praktijk waren vertegenwoordigd. In dit artikel neemt de lezer kennis van de voorbereiding, het concept en de realisatie van deze conferentie. Daarbij wordt het fenomeen 'filosofische praktijk' geplaatst in de context van de praktische, maatschappelijk-relevante en politieke filosofie sinds de jaren 1960 en '70.

Filosofie, jrg. 18, nr. 4, 2008

Over leven en filosoferen: samenhang en onderscheid door Leon de Haas Gepubliceerd in: Filosofie,... more Over leven en filosoferen: samenhang en onderscheid door Leon de Haas Gepubliceerd in: Filosofie, jrg. 18, nr. 4 Ludwig Wittgenstein, uitg. Damon, Budel 2008 Inleiding Getuige het succes van Filosofie Magazine, de Internationale School Voor Wijsbegeerte en de Socratische gesprek-begeleiding, geniet de filosofie grote belangstelling bij een breed publiek in Nederland. De laatste jaren trekt de 'filosofische levenskunst' veel aandacht. Aan wie Wittgenstein beschouwt als de belangrijkste filosoof van de 20ste eeuw, valt op dat die interesse nauwelijks toevalt aan diens filosofisch onderzoek. Heeft Wittgensteins filosofie de 21ste-eeuwse mens niets te bieden? En heeft zij niets van doen met de filosofische levenskunst? Wittgenstein en levenskunst? Pierre Hadot valt de eer toe, de antieke Hellenistische levenskunst onder het stof van de academische filosofie gehaald te hebben. In zijn poging een soort levenskunst-traditie in de filosofie te reconstrueren, haalt hij onder meer ook Wittgenstein binnen in de galerij van de levenskunst-filosofen. Hij haakt met name aan bij de 'Tractatus-Wittgenstein'. Dit bevreemdt niet, gezien de spirituele en mystieke invulling die Hadot geeft aan de filosofische manier van leven. Hij meent in het werk van Wittgenstein enkele overeenkomsten te zien met de Hellenistische scholen. "Wat de 'Tractatus' drijft, is namelijk de wil om

Computers in Human Services, Jan 1, 1996

ABSTRACT Managing a non-profit organization for public social work is primarily a matter of quali... more ABSTRACT Managing a non-profit organization for public social work is primarily a matter of quality management which is the responsibility of the service manager. Because of (a) the actual state of quality assurance in the public social work branches, and (b) the ...

This book contains six essays on philosophical practice. They all have been written in 2011 and 2... more This book contains six essays on philosophical practice. They all have been written in 2011 and 2012, and published elsewhere, in an anthology or a journal. They express my thoughts about philosophical practice at the time.
The three essays in chapters 2, 3 and 4 have also been published together as an e-book: ‘Dialogical Encounters. Three Essays on Philosophical Coaching’, Roermond: 2011, ISBN 978-94-90208-00-4.

This e-book is a compilation of eight essays I wrote in the years 2011-2016 in the field of philo... more This e-book is a compilation of eight essays I wrote in the years 2011-2016 in the field of philosophical practice. They all have been published in Journals of philosophy and philosophical practice, or in the proceedings of a conference (see the acknowledgment at the end of the book).
The title “Skeptical Interventions” refers to both the Socratic nature of the dialogical philosophy I practice, and the nature of these essays as critical interventions in discussions about philosophical practice.
Actually the texts are preparatory studies for the dissertation project I am currently working on.