PHILOSOPHICAL PRACTICE AS EXPERIENCE AND TRAVEL

Abstract

In the article, the author provides an analysis of the basic concepts lying at the bottom of philosophical practice, which are similar in their application, and are imbued with the tendency of converging the analytical, conceptual and discursive. The author justifies the need for professional training of a practical philosopher, so that he/she not only learns techniques and tools but draw the meaning of philosophy itself. With several examples, the author shows the connection of philosophical content and the applied aspect of philosophical practice. Working with the experience of the subject enhances the effect of philosophical practice: experience corresponds to the anagogical epistemology; the philosophy of experience is not limited to discursive or logical-argued concepts, but provides access to alternative ways of knowledge; the philosophy of experience starts the process of consistent internal transformation of the subject; the philosophy of experience involves an ontological (metaphysical) level of comprehension of being, which is much higher than psychological, anthropological and personal.