Claudia Landolfi (Italy): "Beliefs-Centered Method (BCM) in Philosophical Practice"

Abstract
From the beginning of Philosophy till today, many different disciplines and research are being developed to apprehend human phenomena, which include psychoanalysis, sociology, neurosciences, neuromarketing, anthropology, neuroeconomics, biopolitics, governmental research, posthumanism, transhumanism and so on. Can philosophy have a position withinside the want for an explanation of today’s human statuses and express useful categories for the full realization of individual and collective expression? Philosophers analyzed emotions, the functioning of the mind, the mechanisms of language, ethical dilemmas, the scope of sciences and every aspect of life. From Hume to Deleuze, Guattari and Foucault, it is clear that subjectivity takes place through a connection with beliefs and truth (the term “belief ” refers to the attitude we have to recognize a proposition as true), causing behaviors and norms. The focus on beliefs by epistemology and philosophers of mind would be very beneficial and make the foundation of BCM in Philosophical practice.
Each human is unique and irrepetible, and his or her world is not always expressible in logic assertion this is why art, song and poetry are essential to life, even though that is essential as well as a rational auto-comprehension of the self and personal route. Between imagination and reason, at each step of life, beliefs are in action and recognizing them could be very effective, fruitful and liberating. It isn’t always something of which we’re constantly conscious due to the fact that beliefs are regularly inherited as an implicit result of the surroundings wherein we stay or we’re grown. Beliefs determine the thoughts about us and others and, consequently, behaviours related to them, can block destiny and lock us up in the past, and can affect mental and bodily health, happiness and unhappiness. My method (BCM) in philosophical practice is aimed toward supporting clients to make clear which beliefs influence their lives and (if necessary) deconstruct and/or modify their beliefs approximately their lifestyles to triumph over the crisis. In this paper, I will pay particular attention to the role of cultural beliefs (among another kind of beliefs) into the development of subjectivity.