Clinical Philosophy: A Discourse for Practitioners

Philosophical Practice 3 (1):235-242 (2008)
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Abstract

Life is full of expressions: and the congruent expression of life is what we call sanity. All expressions are, at first, conceived int he mind with the help of logic and language. Every overt expression is contingent upon the ratiocination within oneself. Each and every mental state has its syntax, semantics and an unconscious ratiocination technique. The syntax will often contain a name or an object that has the potential to produce an array of feelings connected to it, which may function as its semantics. As the ratiocination involves some form of thought process, it goes without saying that once the syntax is known, the next step is to understand the process of thought involved in creating a particular mental state. The inner generalization, leading to the establishment of a cognitive-perspective, often begins with induction: an inductively ratiocinated leap from a known case to an unknown case. However, once a generalization is established, the mental apparatus switches to the deductive procedure to generate an individual conclusion pertaining to the particular instance or event. Thus, the quality of cognitive-perspective depends not only on the strength of the conclusion of inductive generalization but also the strength of the premises of the deductive procedure. This paper, thus, attempts to bring forth the hidden dimensions of our thought processes and show the relevance of Philosophy in treatment and business management alike

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