Viktor Frankl’s Logotherapy Logotherapy centres on the belief that a will to meaning is the foremost, most compelling motivation in humans. This mode of thought was formulated by neurologist and psychiatrist Viktor Frankl after World War I, when he practiced with school students coping with suicidal ideation. He managed to reduce the high suicide rate…
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In 2007, the Collegium of Black Women Philosophers (see number 5) had their first meeting to gather together Black women in the field. There still remains an uphill battle in recognition of female philosophers and philosophers of colour. There is a tiny percentage of Black philosophers, and the number of women within that minority is even smaller.…
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In their paper, ‘Beliefs About Delusions’, Psychologist Vaughan Bell and his colleagues describe how some improbable reports are mistakenly assumed by mental health clinicians to be evidence of psychiatric symptoms. They write that this is due to a failure in accurately verifying whether the events have really taken place, despite how ridiculous they may seem.…
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How does it feel to view Earth from space? Exploring the psychological phenomenon that led to an “explosion of awareness” and improved mental wellbeing in a number of astronauts.
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