ABSTRACT
Thus, the schizophrenic person (not unlike the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein) may be doing philosophy to regain the ordinary, seeking creative solutions to foundational matters and the basic problems of being. This puts a new twist on Szasz's (1974) view of mental disorders as "problems in living." These problems are at the same time mundane and foundational. The question becomes: How do I defocus enough to make my world real? Another question could perhaps be: How do I will myself out of bed in the morning (a meditation also considered by William James)? Finally, Ogilvie's (2000-2001) article emphasizes the importance in creativity of the struggle to return "home" (Schuldberg, 1994; see also Suleiman, 1998).
