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philosopher, language, madness

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Too mad to be true IV - Psychiatrie en Filosofie

Call for Papers & Save the date. Madness and Its Expressions, Ghent, May 14,15, 2026. #Madness #Philosophy www.psychiatrieenfilosofie.nl/too-mad-to-b...

03.11.2025 10:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Integrating dynamical systems theory and phenomenology to enhance early identification and treatment of psychotic disorders In the past three decades, psychiatric research has increasingly focused on the early subthreshold stages of psychosis, with the aim of improving the โ€ฆ

Our new article discussing the benefits of integrating insights from dynamical systems theory and phenomenological self-disturbance research to improve early identification and treatment of psychosis just appeared in @thelancet.com.

Freely available here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

10.10.2025 08:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
cursus ervaring kennis wijsheid - Psychiatrie en Filosofie

9-9 '25 start voor de tweede keer de online cursus 'Ervaring, kennis, wijsheid', met zeven nieuwe gastdocenten obv filosoof en ervaringsdeskundige Wouter Kusters. Deze cursus is voor iedereen geรฏnteresseerd in ervaringen met psychiatrie en filosofie. www.psychiatrieenfilosofie.nl/cursus-ervar...

18.04.2025 07:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Madness, Mysticism, and Philosophy โ€“ A Talk with Wouter Kusters
YouTube video by HDS Center for the Study of World Religions Madness, Mysticism, and Philosophy โ€“ A Talk with Wouter Kusters

Some thoughts and dialogue between me and Mathew Dillon around Madness, Mysticism and Philosophy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcG4...

20.08.2025 14:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Alef, Mem, Tau by Elliot Wolfson - Hardcover Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

beste filosofieboek dat ik las in jaren: "Alef, Mem, Tau
Kabbalistic Musings on Time, Truth, and Death", www.ucpress.edu/books/alef-m...

20.07.2025 09:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Madness, Mysticism, and Philosophy โ€“ A Talk with Wouter Kusters Pop Apocalypse ยท Episode

Here I am speaking with Matthew Dillon from Harvard Univ on mysticism, madness, philosophy and more open.spotify.com/episode/4tCi...

04.07.2025 08:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Hello there, listen this, frankly, it is quite good!

11.07.2025 10:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Madness, Mysticism, and Philosophy โ€“ A Talk with Wouter Kusters Pop Apocalypse ยท Episode

Here I am speaking with Matthew Dillon from Harvard Univ on mysticism, madness, philosophy and more open.spotify.com/episode/4tCi...

04.07.2025 08:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
ุงู„ุฐู‡ุงู†: ูƒูŠู ูŠููƒุฑ ุนู‚ู„ูƒ ุฎุงุฑุฌ ุงู„ุตู†ุฏูˆู‚ ูˆุฃุญูŠุงู†ู‹ุง ุฎุงุฑุฌ ุงู„ุนุงู„ู…ุŸ โ”‚ ููŠ ุงู„ุญุถุงุฑุฉ
YouTube video by AlarabyTube - ุงู„ุนุฑุจูŠ ุชูŠูˆุจ ุงู„ุฐู‡ุงู†: ูƒูŠู ูŠููƒุฑ ุนู‚ู„ูƒ ุฎุงุฑุฌ ุงู„ุตู†ุฏูˆู‚ ูˆุฃุญูŠุงู†ู‹ุง ุฎุงุฑุฌ ุงู„ุนุงู„ู…ุŸ โ”‚ ููŠ ุงู„ุญุถุงุฑุฉ

For those who understand Arabic, this is apparently a good video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hB5...

27.06.2025 10:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
cursus ervaring kennis wijsheid - Psychiatrie en Filosofie

9-9 '25 start voor de tweede keer de online cursus 'Ervaring, kennis, wijsheid', met zeven nieuwe gastdocenten obv filosoof en ervaringsdeskundige Wouter Kusters. Deze cursus is voor iedereen geรฏnteresseerd in ervaringen met psychiatrie en filosofie. www.psychiatrieenfilosofie.nl/cursus-ervar...

18.04.2025 07:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Wetenschap is voor dingen" ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

17.04.2025 14:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Exploring the Depths of Madness: A Journey with Wouter Kusters PhD, Begins March 30 โ€” Morbid Anatomy Six-week class taught online via Zoom Sundays, March 30 - May 11, 2025 1 - 3pm ET (NYC Time) $180 Step into the enigmatic world of madness with philosopher and author Wouter Kusters, where t...

Binnenkort start mijn online cursus 'Exploring the Depths of Madness' (6x van 19.30 tot 21.30, 30/3 - 11/5). Deze cursus verkent waanzin - niet als enkel pathologie, maar als diepgaande ervaring die gevaarlijk is, maar ook ons begrip van het bestaan kan uitdagen en verrijken. tinyurl.com/23xb84wd

20.03.2025 09:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Do you want to 'explore the depths of madness' with me? See here how and when www.morbidanatomy.org/classes/p/ex...

20.03.2025 08:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Exploring the Depths of Madness: A Journey with Wouter Kusters PhD, Begins March 30 โ€” Morbid Anatomy Six-week class taught online via Zoom Sundays, March 30 - May 11, 2025 1 - 3pm ET (NYC Time) $180 Step into the enigmatic world of madness with philosopher and author Wouter Kusters, where t...

Do you want to 'explore the depths of madness' with me? See here how and when www.morbidanatomy.org/classes/p/ex...

24.01.2025 09:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Recensie Too Mad to be True III
Josh Richardson, psychotherapeut in Ontario (Canada) en afgestudeerd in de filosofie, schreef een recensie waarin hij zijn hoogtepunten van de conferentie Too Mad to be True IIl deelt. Hij begint als volgt: 'The Too Mad to Be True conference is a paradox. By this I mean that it is a contradiction. On the one hand, it is a conference: a deliberately organized and purposely executed conareaation unon a central theme. But

Recensie Too Mad to be True III Josh Richardson, psychotherapeut in Ontario (Canada) en afgestudeerd in de filosofie, schreef een recensie waarin hij zijn hoogtepunten van de conferentie Too Mad to be True IIl deelt. Hij begint als volgt: 'The Too Mad to Be True conference is a paradox. By this I mean that it is a contradiction. On the one hand, it is a conference: a deliberately organized and purposely executed conareaation unon a central theme. But

Bedankt @jfeyaerts.bsky.social en @wtrax.bsky.social van de Canadees psychotherapeut. Lees hier: www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/too-mad-to...

19.02.2025 15:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ilja Leonard Pfeiffer over de opmars der Spartanen

09.02.2025 22:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

"My writing isnโ€™t messages smuggled into this spurious world to tell us our situation. No โ€“ we are in a prison, and my writing is messages smuggled out!" #PhilipKDick

07.02.2025 11:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œat the heart of psychosis there is a dead end, perplexity concerning the signifierโ€ "#Lacan

27.01.2025 14:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Rationality is really the possibility of being intelligently crazy." #Meillassoux

27.01.2025 09:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"rationality is just the capacity to be directly connected to a hyperchaos which has absolutely no limits." #Meillassoux

27.01.2025 09:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œThe delusions of paranoiacs have an unpalatable external similarity and internal kinship to the systems of our philosophersโ€- Sigmund Freud

27.01.2025 08:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No idea, perhaps that Morbid Anatomy site gives more clues on that?

25.01.2025 17:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Exploring the Depths of Madness: A Journey with Wouter Kusters PhD, Begins March 30 โ€” Morbid Anatomy Six-week class taught online via Zoom Sundays, March 30 - May 11, 2025 1 - 3pm ET (NYC Time) $180 Step into the enigmatic world of madness with philosopher and author Wouter Kusters, where t...

Do you want to 'explore the depths of madness' with me? See here how and when www.morbidanatomy.org/classes/p/ex...

24.01.2025 09:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Great to see how the Chinese translation of my book "A Philosophy of Madness" is making progress ๐Ÿ˜‡

16.01.2025 13:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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PhilosophyPodcasts.Org: Madness Wouter Kusters A Philosophy of Madness: The Experience of Psychotic Thinking MIT Press: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262044288/a-philosophy-of-madness/

I had a nice conversation with August Baker, and subsequently a podcast was made: philosophypodcasts.org/madness

13.01.2025 10:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Message to all "lunatics" from Adorno: "Der introvertierte Gedankenarchitect wohnt hinter dem Mond, den die extrovertierten Techniker beschlagnahmen."

11.01.2025 14:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

En wie een boek wil lezen over "think different about;
@wtrax.bsky.social met isvw.nl/product/scho...

Omgang doorlopende schok effecten.
Schokeffect is een realisatie.
De realisatie dat....

10.01.2025 13:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I agree with you :-) I was too polemical. Though still, a consciousness of ontological and/or neurological diversity (or: plurality) might put you at an advantage in being non-submissive

11.12.2024 19:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

and btw any agency that is non-neurodivergent cannot be anthing else than submissive or paying tribute to the powers that be

11.12.2024 16:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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