Our Philosophy
At Practical Philosophy, we believe in transforming timeless wisdom into actionable solutions for modern challenges. Our mission is to bridge the gap between philosophical insights and practical applications, empowering individuals and organizations to thrive with clarity and purpose. We offer tools and strategies rooted in critical thinking and ethical decision-making to help you navigate life’s complexities confidently.
Through workshops, consultations, and tailored resources, we guide you toward meaningful growth and balance. At the heart of our work is the belief that every challenge is an opportunity to learn, adapt, and succeed. Together, we turn ideas into impactful actions, fostering a path of wisdom and purpose for a brighter future.
At Practical Philosophy, we believe that philosophy is not just an academic pursuit but a way of life. By applying deep, reflective thinking to everyday situations, we empower individuals to make meaningful choices that lead to personal fulfillment and societal well-being.
The idea that philosophy could be therapeutic (Carlisle and Ganeri, 2010; Avicenna, 2005) or socially therapeutic and that this is philosophy’s first function was indeed widespread in Indian philosophy, and the analogy between philosophy and medicine was put to important use in both Buddhist (the medical analogy features in the Theravāda and Mahāyāna schools of Buddhist conceptions of philosophical practice) and non-Buddhist schools of thought on ought. Philosophy as therapy is not, however, an exclusively Indian conception. There are continuities within and across philosophical traditions. In the West, too, this conception of philosophy has displayed a great resilience, persisting long past the Hellenistic age (Deleuze, 1988). The conception of philosophy as therapyallows for, and even necessitates, a new reading of the history of philosophy, one in which deep continuities come to the surface across East and West, ancient and modern, which have been obscured. This reading also contradicts those who maintain that philosophy is a peculiarly European cultural product.
Books
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Transition (2017) – An excerpt from the Paper in Routledge Handbook of Marxian Economics.
This theorization seeks a move from an obsession with transition in much of Marxism and progressivism and developmental thinking to transformation. Would that mean a conceptual transition from what is to what it is to be? In other words, would it be a conceptual transition from mere description to the ought,to the ethic of transition?…
Ecophenomenology and the Environmental Crisis in the Sundarbans: Towards a Community-Based Ethic
Ecophenomenology and the Environmental Crisis in the Sundarbans: Towards a Community-Based Ethic By Kalpita Bhar Paul This book offers a philosophical analysis of the environmental crisis in the Indian Sundarbans, drawing upon phenomenological narratives. It nuances the present understanding of the crisis by introducing plurality in our metaphysical understanding of the environment and epistemological understanding…
ভালোবাসার অনেকান্ত
না-পাওয়ার রঙ নাও তুমি পিকু অর্কর বয়স তখন দশের কাছাকাছি। সেজমামি এসেছে। মা আর মামি কথা বলছে খাটে বসে। অর্কর একটা স্বভাব – হাঁ করে বড়োদের গল্প শোনা। শুনতে শুনতে অর্ক একটু একটু করে মায়ের গা ঘেঁষে বসে। আরও একটু পরে মাকে জড়িয়েও ধরে। “উফফ। সর না। গায়ে ছাগলের মত গন্ধ”, মায়ের গলায় বিরক্তি। অর্ক…
The Concept of the Political: ab-original insights
“If another mass attachment takes the place of the religious one, as socialism seems currently to be doing, the same intolerance towards outsiders will ensue as in the War of Religion, and if differences of scientific opinion ever managed to to attain a similar importance for masses, the result would be the same for this…
The Spirit of Marx
Marxism has conventionally found itself on the side of ‘materialism’; there has been a hyper-separation (as against the overdetermination) of ‘matter’ and ‘spirit’ in much of Marxian praxis. How does one make sense of this hyper-separation, of the conventional bar, which is also the ‘bar of convention’, between Marxism and the spiritual? Can one carefully…
What if, the virus …
What is a ‘virus’? There appears to be global consensus on the virus as an invader of human ‘territory’. But, what if, the virus was a product, an excreta of the cell, of say, a cell in stress, a cell in extreme distress? What if, the virus was not always already present; lurking around the…
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