{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67a5fd829c6f7f7f28c9a803?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"alexis karpouzos's podcast","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/67a5fd829c6f7f7f28c9a803/1766409407525-9fdd00e6-515f-47ca-9f9f-451f47c4b745.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>Welcome to Alexis karpouzos's podcast</strong>— This podcast unfolds as a philosophical dialogue with the deepest questions of existence, consciousness, and meaning. Rooted in the intellectual vision of <strong>Alexis Karpouzos</strong>, it moves across the boundaries of philosophy, literature, mysticism, and modern thought, seeking a unified understanding of the human condition in an age of fragmentation.</p><p>Alexis Karpouzos’ work stands in creative tension with the great currents of modern philosophy. In conversation with <strong>Nietzsche</strong>, he confronts the crisis of values and the challenge of meaning after the collapse of metaphysical certainties. Through <strong>Heidegger</strong>, he examines the question of Being, finitude, and the forgetting of existence in technological modernity. In dialogue with <strong>Kierkegaard and Dostoevsky</strong>, he explores inwardness, freedom, anxiety, and the ethical weight of personal choice. From <strong>Camus</strong>, he engages the problem of the absurd, not as nihilism, but as a call to lucid awareness and conscious revolt.</p><p>At the same time, this podcast opens toward symbolic and metaphysical traditions that modern philosophy often marginalizes. Drawing resonances with thinkers such as <strong>Jung, Eliade, Borges, and Whitehead</strong>, Alexis Karpouzos investigates the role of myth, imagination, and cosmic process in shaping human consciousness. Reason and mysticism are not opposed here; they form a dynamic unity, revealing philosophy as both critical inquiry and inner transformation. This podcast does not offer final answers. Instead, it cultivates a space of <strong>philosophical vigilance</strong>, where thinking becomes an ethical act and consciousness a lived responsibility. Meaning is not imposed from tradition nor dissolved into relativism; it emerges through awareness, dialogue, and the courage to confront uncertainty without illusion.</p><p>Alexis Karpouzos invites the listener into philosophy as an existential practice—a path where thought deepens life, where freedom is inseparable from responsibility, and where the search for truth becomes a movement toward conscious existence. This is not a podcast of quick answers, but of meaningful inquiry. It is designed for listeners who seek depth, clarity, and insight — for those who feel that reality is more than what appears, and that consciousness is central to understanding life itself. Whether you are a thinker, a seeker, or simply curious about the nature of existence, this podcast is an invitation to pause, reflect, and reconnect with the deeper dimensions of being.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><h2>Key Concepts of Alexis Karpouzos’ Philosophy</h2><h4><strong>1. Post-Ontological Thinking (Beyond Classical Ontology)</strong></h4><p><strong>Karpouzos moves beyond traditional metaphysics that sought static, definitive essences (<em>ousiai</em>). He does not propose a new system of being but advocates for a&nbsp;mode of thought&nbsp;that accepts being as&nbsp;open, dynamic, and inherently incomplete. Reality is not a closed system of defined objects but a continuous process of becoming and unfolding potential.</strong></p><h4><br></h4><h4><strong>2. Open / Dynamic Completion (Ανοιχτή Ολοκλήρωση)</strong></h4><h4>This is the core constructive concept. Against the ideal of a perfect, self-sufficient, and closed totality (like the Aristotelian&nbsp;Unmoved Mover), Karpouzos posits a&nbsp;completion that is always in progress. It is a holistic understanding that remains&nbsp;open to the other, the different, the unexpected, and the future. Wholeness is not a final state but a dynamic, integrative process that incorporates incompleteness as its vital principle.</h4><p><br></p><h4>3.<strong>Poetic Philosophy / Philosophy as Poiesis</strong></h4><p><strong>For Karpouzos, philosophy is ultimately a&nbsp;poetic task. It is not about representing pre-existing truths but about&nbsp;participating in the creative unfolding of the real. Thinking itself becomes a form of careful, responsive creation, akin to the poet's craft. This aligns philosophy with art as a fundamental human activity of world-disclosure and meaning-making.</strong></p>","author_name":"alexis karpouzos"}