The Addiction Philosophy Map
06 December 2016
In this aspect claiming yourself an addict or even an alcoholic that is an ill addict does have its connotations. This label, although softened by the modern medical ethics, assumes being mentally ill. By claiming to be ill an alcohol addict intentionally or not wants to enjoy social security mechanisms that sooth a bit the competitive character of the contemporary world of humans. For example, it includes pity or social help in form of some rehabilitation programs, which are conditionally free of charge. In addition, the inability to be efficient in an unjust world can be both a consequence and a trigger of the addictive behavior.
In the first philosophical step of his research, Ricoeur assumes the primacy in the
reality of the existing subject over the abstract Cogito, and the need to prevent the
“irrational” drift of philosophy. In the phenomenological method, he fi nds the key
to avoid this discursive weakness, to reconcile the transcendental dimension of
meaning with the immanent dimension of real existence. However, he cannot fi nd a
way to overcome the constitutive Cartesian dualism, because the opening of phenomenology
to the voluntary, that is the structures of practical Cogito, is not enough.
Phenomenology is a limit in itself: the concrete reality of the world, and the factual
and the objective dimensions of the subject cannot be fully considered.