About The School of Applied Philosophy

The School of Applied Philosophy, formerly known as the Foundation for Philosophic Studies, is an adult education, non-profit organization founded in 1989 in Rochester, NY.

The ten-week Introductory Course is a discrete unit of study, but for those who wish to continue, the Introductory Course forms the first of three terms - a Foundation Year of Philosophy - in which such topics as the following are covered:

The Faculties of Reason

Individual and Universal Mind

The Nature of Responsibility

Recourse to Consciousness

Living in the Present

The Transient and the Eternal

Meditation training is offered in the second or third years.

There are numerous branches of the school in the United States and elsewhere. These schools have web sites that you can visit by clicking on the links provided below.

School of Practical Philosophy - New York & Boston

School of Practical Philosophy - San Francisco

School of Philosophy - Toronto