In this interview Maria Balaska explores the hidden gems of philosophy and how they come up in her work.
00:00 Psychoanalysis
01:53 Children
05:10 Astonishment
07:56 Nature
11:21 Language
13:31 Current projects
14:21 Ancient Greek philosophers
16:36 Modern philosophers
Psychoanalysis and philosophy share a deep interest in what it means to be human and what it means to be in the world. At the heart of both philosophical and psychological investigations lies three questions: What can I know? What ought I do? And what can I hope for?
In this interview with the IAI's Alexis Papazoglou, Dr Maria Balaska discusses the connection between our psychological understanding of ourselves, and our philosophical understanding of the world around us.
Maria Balaska is a philosopher at the University of Hertfordshire. Her book Wittgenstein and Lacan at the Limit: Meaning and Astonishment brings together philosophy and psychoanalysis on the significance and the challenges of experiences of astonishment.
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