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Ran Lahav (born April 17, 1954) is an Israeli-born American philosopher who developed philosophical activities for the general public. Since the early 1990s he has given workshops and retreats around the world, and published books and articles. [1] Since the early 2010s he has been developing formats of philosophical contemplation, known as Deep Philosophy. [2]
Ran Lahav received his bachelor's degree in philosophy and psychology from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. In 1988 he completed his PhD in philosophy at the University of Michigan with a doctoral thesis on the nature of subjective experience, as well as a master's degree in psychology. [1] [2]
In 1992, Lahav joined the then-nascent philosophical practice movement, which seeks to make philosophy relevant to individuals’ everyday lives. [1] In 1993 he taught philosophical counseling at Haifa University, [3] and in 1993 he initiated and co-organized the first international conference on philosophical counseling at the University of British Columbia, [2] [4] and edited the anthology Essays on philosophical counseling (1995), the first book in English in the field. [1]
He has developed philosophical methods of self-transformation and contemplative forms of philosophizing (called Deep Philosophy) and used them in group activities. [5] In 2017 he founded the Deep Philosophy Group in which participants contemplate together from their inner depth on short philosophical texts. [6]
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Ran Lahav (born April 17, 1954) is an Israeli-born American philosopher who developed philosophical activities for the general public. Since the early 1990s he has given workshops and retreats around the world, and published books and articles. [1] Since the early 2010s he has been developing formats of philosophical contemplation, known as Deep Philosophy. [2]
Ran Lahav received his bachelor's degree in philosophy and psychology from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. In 1988 he completed his PhD in philosophy at the University of Michigan with a doctoral thesis on the nature of subjective experience, as well as a master's degree in psychology. [1] [2]
In 1992, Lahav joined the then-nascent philosophical practice movement, which seeks to make philosophy relevant to individuals’ everyday lives. [1] In 1993 he taught philosophical counseling at Haifa University, [3] and in 1993 he initiated and co-organized the first international conference on philosophical counseling at the University of British Columbia, [2] [4] and edited the anthology Essays on philosophical counseling (1995), the first book in English in the field. [1]
He has developed philosophical methods of self-transformation and contemplative forms of philosophizing (called Deep Philosophy) and used them in group activities. [5] In 2017 he founded the Deep Philosophy Group in which participants contemplate together from their inner depth on short philosophical texts. [6]