___________________________________________________________  Didar Deniz Altınkaya İzmir Katip Çelebi Üniversitesi, Sosyal ve Beşeri Bilimler Fakültesi, Felsefe Bölümü 35620, İzmir, Turkeydidardeniz@gmail.com Beytulhikme An International Journal of Philosophy Beytulhikme Int J Phil 10 (4) 2020 Doi: 10.18491/beytulhikme.1628 Research Article: 1281-1301 ___________________________________________________________ Felsefenin Skandallı Sıradanlığı: Kinik Parrhesia ve Karşı-Tutum [*] ___________________________________________________________ Scandalous Banality of Philosophy: Cynic Parrhesia and Counter-Conduct DİDAR DENİZ ALTINKAYA Izmir Katip Çelebi University Received: 28.07.2020Accepted: 22.12.2020 Abstract: Foucault's lectures at the Collège de France provide very rich re- sources on how the “critical attitude”, which Foucault sees as an alternative way emerging out of Kant’s philosophy and which he describes as a critical ques- tioning on our actuality and ourselves, can take shape today. To reveal this op- portunity, we will first focus on the concept of the “counter-conduct” which Foucault puts forward within the framework of his study on governmentality (1978), but does not continue to develop, and then his analysis on the Cynics (1984), which he deals within the context of his historical studies on the con- cept of parrhesia, a concept that had a special role in Ancient Greek culture. We will claim that the mode of life peculiar to the Cynics, established as a di- rect manifestation of truth, provides a very powerful example of the counter- conduct that aims at creating "otherness," therefore grants tools to support the existence of philosophy today, as a practice of transforming the world and cre- ating possibilities for thinking, acting, and existing differently. We think that such a reading will both enrich Foucault's conception of counter-conduct and reveal that Cynic parrhesia, as a scandalous application of truth, sheds light on new ways of relating to our actuality and also to ourselves. Keywords: Counter-conduct, otherness, ethos, critical attitude, parrhesia, true life.