Gerd B. Achenbach (born 11 February 1947 in

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as ''Gerd Böttcher'') is a German

philosopher Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

. He is widely noted for founding the world's first philosophical practice in 1981, a contemporary movement in

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. He received a doctorate in philosophy under

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in 1981.

Philosophical practice

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. According to Shlomit C. Schuster, "Achenbach maintains that philosophy is really understood only through its practice, through a personal empathic experience and intellectual cultivation of the subjects of thought".

Bibliography

* '' Philosophische Praxis'' (1984) (German; not yet translated into English) * ''Lebenskönnerschaft'' (2001) (German; not yet translated into English)

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*Gerd B. Achenbach site http://www.achenbach-pp.de/ 20th-century German philosophers 21st-century German philosophers German male writers 1947 births Living people Philosophical counselors {{Germany-philosopher-stub

Philosophical practice

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