O uobecnieniu duszy, Sokratesie psychagogu i sztuce uświadomionego mówienia
On making the soul present: Socrates psychagôgos and the art of conscious speaking

Summary/Abstract: This article presents an intuitive and synthetic interpretation of Socratic maieutics. In it we share the results of the workshop series : ‘How to make use of your own stupidity? Philosophical consulting in psychology’, held at Warsaw University and the University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw from 2004 to 2012. This was the first seminar series on philosophical counseling examined in academic settings in Poland. Interpreting Socratic maieutics in the spirit of Homeric psychology contributed to the formulation of a number of exercises on conscious speaking, which were incorporated into academic teaching. Students were asked to write down their observations during an exercise, and some sessions were filmed. This allowed us to gather very interesting material, which was the basis for further theoretical and empirical research. In this article, I briefly illustrate conscious speaking, present notes from student exercises and share short recorded material.

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