Ran Lahav

Ran Lahav is a philosophical practitioner and philosophical counselor. He grew up in Israel, and in 1989 received his doctorate in philosophy and Master’s degree in psychology from the University of Michigan, USA. After teaching at a university in Texas for several years, he joined the field of philosophical practice in 1992. The field was still very small, and Ran Lahav helped expanding it by initiating and co-organizing the First International Conference of Philosophical Practice in 1994, by publishing books and articles, and by giving numerous lectures and workshops around the world. He also gave the first university course in the world on philosophical counseling, at Haifa University in Israel, a course which he continued teaching for fifteen years. In 2014 he started with Carmen Zavala (Lima, Peru) the Agora website, the online meeting point of international philosophical practitioners (www.philopractice.org). In 2015 he launched the project of online philosophical-contemplative companionships.

Ran Lahav’s publications include articles and books on philosophy and philosophical practice, as well as two novels in Hebrew (2004 and 2010). He now lives in relative isolation in rural Vermont, USA, but he frequently travels to give presentations in countries around the world.