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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Group 3 H1 Philosoraptors

Since my group seems to have stopped posting as a group I will take the helm. I am not sure what we talked about last week, as I had to miss class.

So with that said I will just right into the topic we are to talk about today: Viktor E. Frankl

Factual Question:

What was the name of the type of the therapy Frankl came up with?

A) logonostic
B) mogotherapy
C)logotherapy
D) psuedotherapy

Answer: C) logotherapy

Discussion Question:

Fankl's logotherapy which held that Freudian psychoanalysis was wrong to say that instinctual drivers are real while ideas of meaning are just a secondary rationalization. Due to his experience Frankl was led to believe that people need and want meaning more than anything else, and most of them freely acknowledge that when asked.
Do you feel that meaning is just a secondary rationalization caused by our initial drivers or do you feel that we as humans need meaning in life or than anything?
Also, if you believe we needing meaning in life more than anything, how do you find meaning in your own life?

1 comment:

  1. Thanks for taking over, Jon.

    Factual Question:
    Who was Frankl quoting when he said, "Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it?"
    Answer: Spinoza

    Discussion question: Frankl believed that even if you expect nothing more from life, life still expect things from you: to be there for someone else, to use a talent, to bear suffering. Which I, personally, believe to be true: we all must use our platforms for the greater good that sometimes occurs beyond ourselves.

    In regards to Jon's Discussion question: I do think that having meaning in our life motivates us to move onward in life and find and know happiness.

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