by Reinhard Mueller | Oct 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
Orientation is, in principle, the achievement of finding one’s way in an unsurveyable and uncertain situation so that one can successfully master the situation. It involves finding paths both in the terrain and through all the circumstances of human life: not only our...
by Reinhard Mueller | Sep 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
In this new podcast episode, philosophy professor Kathleen Higgins joins Reinhard G. Mueller to discuss Kathleen’s new profound book publication, entitled Aesthetics in Grief and Mourning: Philosophical Reflections on Coping with Loss (2024). They explore why...
by Reinhard Mueller | Aug 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
How is Artificial Intelligence reshaping the way we orient ourselves in the world and in relation to each other? Our new seminar, “Artificial Intelligence and Human Orientation,” organized by Dr. Christoph Durt and Dr. Lucy Osler, will explore these questions in...
by Reinhard Mueller | Aug 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
This summer, members of the Foundation for Philosophical Orientation traveled to Sarzana, Italy, to take part for the third time in the annual MythosLogos Festival organized by Prof. Angelo Tonelli and dedicated to ancient Greek and Roman wisdom, philosophy, art, and...
by Reinhard Mueller | Jul 31, 2025 | Uncategorized
To commit means to take a position in a situation in relation to goals, values, actions, and other people in such a way that doing so shapes the future actions and possibilities of oneself and others. We will explore commitment as a mode of orientation, asking what we...