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...Allen returned to New York less enchanted with academic life than he had been before. But downtown reading groups on Marx and Baudrillard reminded him of his cerebral bent. “I thought, if I’m naturally gravitating to these reading groups, I might as well go to grad school in philosophy...
...Allen entered Columbia’s Ph.D. program to study a slew of fields—from ethics to the philosophy of language—and found himself teaching again. This time he became a preceptor for Columbia’s famous “Great Books” course, where he taught eager undergraduates about philosophers like Aristotle, Locke and Hegel...
With a new Ph.D. under his belt (he graduated from Columbia in 2000), a passion for thoughtful conversation and a bit of career lust, Allen decided to enter the marketplace—of ideas. Last fall, Allen set up a table in Union Square’s fruit market and, hoping to snag future paying clients, offered free one-on-one philosophical consultations to anyone who had a pressing existential concern...
...real life, Allen learned, such therapeutic philosophical guidance, even in the harried world of post-Sept. 11 New York, can’t quite pay the bills. Still, while it won’t work as a career—the table led to only a couple of paying clients—Allen hopes to pursue his “Client-Centered Philosophical Inquiry” as a side project through his website, www.client-centered.com. As the name suggests, Allen is hoping to reemphasize that his work is not about offering answers, but merely helping to look for them...
...philosophy table idea could be seen as arrogant,” says Allen, who lacks the slightest trace of self-importance. “What nudges it back to more humble orientation is that someone is bringing a complicated position and the two of us work on his puzzle together...