Michael Picard

Dr Michael Picard is trained in mathematical logic and analytical philosophy, but is equally at home in Eastern thought. His interests in philosophy and psychology include social and cognitive approaches to perception and language, with emphasis on history of psychology and cross-cultural issues. He also moderates Cafe Philosophy, weekly community-based participatory philosophy dialogues that have run in Victoria, Canada, for over a decade. Michael is the author of This Is Not a Book:...See more

Dr Michael Picard is trained in mathematical logic and analytical philosophy, but is equally at home in Eastern thought. His interests in philosophy and psychology include social and cognitive approaches to perception and language, with emphasis on history of psychology and cross-cultural issues. He also moderates Cafe Philosophy, weekly community-based participatory philosophy dialogues that have run in Victoria, Canada, for over a decade. Michael is the author of This Is Not a Book: Adventures in Popular Philosophy , and coauthor of This Book Does Not Exist: Adventures in the Paradoxical . See less