本文敘述日本新一波的哲學思潮，臨床哲學的幾個特徵。第一部份突顯出臨床哲學的現場性（on-the-spot-ness），各種不同的關注活動都發生在苦難者的床邊，本文呼籲哲學家投入各種關注活動的現場。在第二部分，筆者指出「第二序的關注」（例如對那些照顧他人者的關注）是臨床哲學特有的一種操作。第三部分，臨床哲學的運動被分為兩種類型的網絡構成：首先是組織（大阪大學），整合內部懷有不同意向的不同成員，其次是組織和個人形成的合作網絡，這些組織和個人在整體實務方面有哲學傾向。在第四和第五部分，筆者討論臨床哲學迄今所處理之公共對話的不同面相：各種不同形式的哲學咖啡館，其中不少原本是我們這個圈子發展出來的，另外還有「對話成分」，有了這個對話工具，就能對社會或政治議題作出宏觀層次的干預，這種干預來自臨床哲學家的發想，可以在甫創立的大阪大學傳播─設計研究中心付諸實施。接著是最後的第六部分，針對臨床哲學家在學校及收容青少年犯罪者的感化院所籌組的教育環境中所進行的哲學對話課程或工作坊，由筆者提出報告，最後筆者呼籲東亞具實踐傾向的哲學家共同合作。h

This paper describes several features of Clinical Philosophy, a new wave of philosophical thinking in Japan. In the first section, on-the-spot-ness of Clinical Philosophy is underlined, as it calls for philosophers to commit themselves “on the spot” of various caring activities taking place at the “bedside” of those who suffer. In the second section, I point out “care of second order,” i.e. taking care of those who take care of others, as a characteristic operation of Clinical Philosophy. In the third section, the movement of Clinical Philosophy is classified into two types of networking: one as an organization (at Osaka University) integrating within itself diverse members with diverse intentions, and the other as a collaborative network of organizations and individuals oriented to philosophy in practice as a whole. In the forth and the fifth sections, I discuss various aspects of public dialogue Clinical Philosophy has been dealing with: philosophical cafe in its various forms, not few of them developed originally in our circle as well as “Dialogue Components,” a dialogical tool enabling a macro-level intervention in social or political issues, which, conceived by Clinical Philosophers, could be implemented in the newly established Center for the Study of Communication-Design, Osaka University. Then in the sixth and final section, I report on philosophical dialogue sessions or workshops in educational settings organized by Clinical Philosophers in schools as well as at a detention center for juvenile delinquents, with a closing appeal for cooperation among philosophers with practical orientation in East Asia.