Philosophical Therapy (Decompositionism) at Stanford University

Jonathan Lee, MD, PhD (@ jonlee112) practices psychiatry, including psychotherapy, at Stanford University. He utilizes psychopharmacology alongside a particular approach to philosophical therapy, which he has termed ‘Decompositionism‘.

Decompositionism is an approach to philosophical psychotherapy, developed by Jonathan Lee, MD, PhD (@ jonlee112), which is informed by knowledge from neuroscience, psychology (CBT, DBT, ACT), and philosophy…

• Epistemology, Skepticism
• Metaphysics, Ontology
• Philosophy of Language
• Philosophy of Mind
• Moral Philosophy, Metaethics
• Existentialism

…Decompositionism revolves around the use of analytical approaches aimed at decomposing cognitive concepts (words, phrases, thoughts, ideas, emotions, beliefs, etc) into their most fundamental components or features.

Jonathan Lee, MD, PhD (@ jonlee112) designed Decompositionism to examine fundamental questions such as:

• What is truth? What is reality? How do we know what we know? How do our brains/minds learn?
• What actually exists in the universe?
• What do we mean by the words, phrases, and concepts that we invoke in daily life?
• What is right vs. wrong? What are our moral obligations?
• What is good vs. bad?
• What is the meaning of life? What is the point of life? What is the purpose of life?
• Does free will exist?