Philosophical Dictionary
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Sigmund Freud: A Founder of Modern Psychiatry and the Biggest 'Your Mom' Joke
By C.M. Black
Join us as we talk about one of psychiatry's biggest names, Sigmund Freud. From a foundational figure to something of a joke, what, if anything, can modern psychiatry keep from its sex-obsessed founder? -
Philosophy in Psychotherapy: Existential Therapy, Logotherapy and the Stoic Roots of CBT
By Markus Uehleke
Albert Ellis said his core idea came from the Stoics, and Aaron Beck’s team traced cognitive therapy back to Zeno. Viktor Frankl developed logotherapy in Vienna and survived four camps; Irvin Yalom turned death, freedom, isolation and meaninglessness into a clinical map. What did therapy borrow, and what did it drop?