Luis de Miranda is an applied philosopher and an intelligence integrator whose work moves between systematic thought and lived pragmatism. His intellectual formation spans three decades and several languages: novels and essays written in French from his twenties onward, and since his PhD in philosophy at the University of Edinburgh in 2017, a sustained body of academic research and books in English. This arc, from literary imagination to philosophical system-building, is the signature of a mind for which thinking and creating are never fully separable.

 

His work develops what he calls Eudynamic Thinking: a philosophy concerned with explaining the world by transforming it and integrating the personal, earthly, enactive and societal dimensions. Eudynamia (from eu, good, and dynamis, possible, potential, names this orientation. At the heart of this work lies a simple but demanding conviction: thinking is formative power. The framework through which he articulates this is the CIPHER model (Crealectic Intelligence and Philosophical Health for Eudynamic Realities) which unites six dimensions of philosophical health with five modes of crealectic intelligence into a single compass for becoming. It maps onto four spheres of human existence (Person, Earth, Work, and Society), each corresponding to a distinct mode of cognition (embodied, extended, enactive and embedded), each requiring integrative cultivation.

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Since 2018, Luis has also worked as a philosophical counselor, accompanying individuals in structured dialogue toward greater clarity about their purpose, their worldview, and the possibilities genuinely available to them. These conversations, conducted across cultures and contexts, continue to inform and test the theoretical framework from the inside, as well as his workshops in crealectic innovation. The century we inhabit demands exactly this kind of integration. Biotechnological acceleration, cognitive fragmentation, ecological pressure, and the erosion of shared meaning are not separate crises requiring separate disciplines. They are symptoms of a civilization that has lost its grip on the question of what a good life, at planetary scale, actually requires.​

 

Luis is the author of several academic books, including Philosophical Health: A Practical Introduction (Bloomsbury, 2024) and Crealectics as a Creative Method (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025), as well as novels and essays published in French and translated into several languages. His work spans academic research, existential health dialogue, organizational consulting, and public lectures across Europe and beyond. His heraldic device bears the motto Ad Maiora et Miranda, Amem ("toward greater and admirable matters, so that I may love"). He is a father of two and lives with his family in the Stockholm archipelago. 

If you need personal, institutional or organizational help, contact Luis de Miranda.

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