Lou Marinoff Explained

Lou Marinoff
Birth Date:18 October 1951
Birth Place:Quebec,Canada
Nationality:Canadian
American [1]
Alma Mater:Concordia University
McGill University
University College London
School Tradition:Philosophy[2]
Workplaces:City College of New York
Main Interests:Asian Philosophy Philosophical counseling Philosophy of Science[3]
Notable Works:Plato Not Prozac, Therapy for the Sane, The Middle Way and The Power of Dao

Lou Marinoff is a Canadian-born academic, author, and Commonwealth Scholar.[4] He is Professor of Philosophy and Asian Studies at The City College of New York[5] and founding President of the American Philosophical Practitioners Association.[6] He is known for his books, including Plato Not Prozac, Therapy for the Sane, The Middle Way and The Power of Dao, which focus on applying philosophical concepts to address everyday challenges.[7]

Biography

He was born on October 18, 1951 in Quebec.[8] Marinoff studied theoretical physics at Concordia University and McGill University before earning a doctorate in philosophy of science at University College London. The title of his thesis, published in 1992, was Strategic interaction in the Prisoner's Dilemma: A game-theoretic dimension of conflict research.[9] He then went to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for post-doctoral work[10] followed by a lectureship at the University of British Columbia.

Career

In 1994, he joined The City College of New York where he currently serves as Professor of Philosophy, and of Asian Studies. He was also President and Executive Director of the former American Society for Philosophy Counseling and Psychotherapy, rebranded as the National Philosophical Counseling Association.[11] With Ran Lahav, he co-founded the International Conference on Philosophical Practice (ICPP) in 1994.[12] [13] He also co-founded the American Philosophical Practitioners Association in 1998, and is the editor of its journal, Philosophical Practice.

Marinoff has also collaborated with institutes and forums such as the Aspen Institute, Biovision, Festival of Thinkers, Horasis, the Institute for Local Government at the University of Arizona, Soka Gakkai International, Strategic Foresight Group, and the World Economic Forum.

Work

He is known for advocating for philosophy as an alternative to traditional psychological and psychiatric therapies. Marinoff's approach centers on the belief that many issues arise not from emotional or chemical imbalances, but from philosophical uncertainties. He established the American Philosophical Practitioners Association (A.P.P.A.) to legitimize and certify practitioners in the field.[14] He believes that many modern problems, such as stress, confusion, and moral dilemmas, can be addressed through philosophical reflection rather than medical or psychiatric interventions.[15]

Table Hockey

Marinoff is a three -time Canadian Open Table Hockey champion (1978, 79, 80) and US Open Champion (2015).

Films

Books

Edited books

See also

References

  1. Web site: Lou Marinoff – ICPP 2023 . ICPP . ro-RO.
  2. Web site: Avoiding World War Three . IAI.
  3. Web site: Popescu . Beatrice . Popescu . Beatrice . Café Philosophique with Lou Marinoff . Europe’s Journal of Psychology . 419–426 . en . 10.5964/ejop.v9i3.665 . 30 August 2013.
  4. Web site: Romeo . Nick . When Philosophers Become Therapists . The New Yorker . 23 December 2023.
  5. https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/profiles/lou-marinoff Faculty and Staff Profiles: Lou Marinoff
  6. Web site: Lou Marinoff The City College of New York. 2021-01-19. www.ccny.cuny.edu. July 31, 2015 .
  7. Web site: Lou Marinoff, Ph.D. . Global Thinkers Forum . en.
  8. Web site: "Philosophy teaches people how to triumph over adversities of all kinds" . www.uoc.edu . en.
  9. Strategic interaction in the Prisoner's Dilemma: A game-theoretic dimension of conflict research . 1992 . Marinoff . Louis Joshua .
  10. Web site: 2015-05-28. The Socratic Shrink - NYTimes.com. . 2021-01-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20150528044855/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/21/magazine/the-socratic-shrink.html?pagewanted=1. May 28, 2015.
  11. Web site: ICPP . 2024-10-11 . icpp.site.
  12. Daniel Duane (March 21, 2004). The Socratic Shrink. The New York Times Magazine. Archived May 28, 2015.
  13. Web site: Lou Marinoff – ICPP 2023 . 2024-10-11 . ro-RO.
  14. Web site: Professor Lou Marinoff . Ducere Business School University.
  15. Web site: Ellis . Robet M . ‘The Middle Way’ by Lou Marinoff Middle Way Society . Middle Way Society.
  16. Web site: Cardin . Adele . 'Brasil Paralelo' launches documentary 'The Fantastic Factory of Sanity' dealing with depression . The Rio Times . 26 January 2023.

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