Sara Ellenbogen, Ph.D, Philosophical Counseling



“Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not
relieve any human suffering.”

– Epicurus

 

Curriculum vitae

Education

Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Toronto
Certification, Client Counseling, American Philosophical Practitioner’s Association
M.A., Philosophy, University of Toronto
B.A., Philosophy and Psychology, University of Massachusetts/Boston

Associations

American Philosophical Association
Canadian Philosophical Association
American Philosophical Practitioners’ Association

Employment History

Instructor, The Cambridge Center for Adult Education, 2001-2007
Instructor, Middlesex Community College, 2006
Instructor, Quincy College, 2005
Tutorial Leader, University of Toronto, 1994-1995

Selected Publications

on contemporary philosophy

Wittgenstein’s Account of Truth (SUNY Press: 2003)
Short-listed for the Canadian Philosophical Association Book Prize

“On the Link Between Frege’s Platonic-Realist Semantics and his Doctrine of Private Senses”, Philosophy 72 1997

on philosophical counseling

“Wittgenstein and Philosophical Counseling”, Philosophical Practice 2 20


 

articles under review

“On Diagnosing Clients as ‘Evil’: What Philosophical Counselors Can Teach Mental Health Professionals”, under review at Philosophical Practice