CFP: Brentano and Beyond: Phenomenology, Self-Consciousness and Thought

***Opening Lecture by Mark Textor (King’s College, London)***
June 6, 2014

***Seminar for doctoral students and young researchers***
June 6 – 7, 2014

***Conference***
June 9 – 10, 2014

Invited Speakers:

Tim Crane (Cambridge)
Fabian Dorsch (University of Fribourg)
Katalin Farkas (CEU Budapest)
Martine Nida-Rümelin (University of Fribourg)
Charles Siewert (Rice University, Houston)
Gianfranco Soldati (University of Fribourg)
Mark Textor (King’s College, London)
Dan Zahavi (University of Copenhagen)


***Lecture Series by Charles Siewert (Rice University, Houston)***
June 11 – 24, 2014



Detailed information:

---OPENING LECTURE: MARK TEXTOR (KING’S COLLEGE, LONDON)---
Focussed Intentionality or What is the Primary Object of a Mental Act
June 6, 2014.


---DOCTORAL STUDENTS AND YOUNG RESEARCHERS SEMINAR: BRENTANO’S INFLUENCE ON CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY OF MIND---
In this seminar, students and young researchers are invited to present papers on topics related to the theme of the lectures and the conference. Students who want to present a paper in this seminar should send their registration via the registration page: http://www.uni-salzburg.at/index.php?id=64207
Also, they should send a title and an abstract (approx. 300 words) of their contribution via the easychair website:https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=brentano2014 BEFORE MARCH 1st. Confirmation about acceptance will be given by end of March, 2014.


---CONFERENCE: BRENTANO AND BEYOND – ISSUES IN PHENOMENOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY OF MIND---
June 9 – 10, 2014

Franz Brentano is aptly called the father – or grandfather – of phenomenology. Already in the 1860ies, he had a conception of phenomenology as a systematic investigation of the basic elements of our mental life: sensory qualities, time- and space determinations, and consciousness (including presenting, judging and affective states). Edmund Husserl developed this investigation further into a philosophical discipline of its own. At bottom, however, the Brentanian and Husserlian phenomenology share many concerns: the role and nature of phenomenal experience, the nature of intentionality, the phenomenology of cognition and emotion, the structure of self-awareness, etc. These themes continue to be an inspiration in contemporary debates.

This conference will deal with the nature of phenomenal experience and the place of consciousness conceived from a Brentanian perspective in the context of contemporary work in philosophy of mind. It will thus be centred on issues related to sensory experience, perception, imagination, self-consciousness, and intentionality, among others.



---PHENOMENOLOGY, SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS, AND THOUGHT: LECTURES BY CHARLES SIEWERT---

Wednesday, June 11: The viability of a phenomenological approach to consciousness I: Heterophenomenology vs real phenomenology

Thursday, June 12: The viability of a phenomenological approach to consciousness II: Self-examination and the fallibility of introspection

Monday, June 16: The relation of consciousness and self-consciousness I: Is there an inner sense?

Tuesday, June 17: The relation of consciousness and self-consciousness II: Consciousness, self-consciousness and the regress of self-representation

Monday, June 23: Consciousness and conceptual thought I: The ‚phenomenology of thought’ controversy

Tuesday, June 24: Consciousness and conceptual thought II: Experiential thought



---ECTS CREDITS FOR DOCTORAL STUDENTS---

ECTS credits may be obtained for attending some or all of the events on the programme.

2 ECTS credits will be attributed for the attendance of at least 2 events, one of which being the lecture series (4), and on the basis of the presentation of a written report concerning the events in question.

3 ECTS credits will be attributed for the attendance of at least 2 events, one of which being the lecture series (4), and on the basis of the presentation of a paper at the doctoral students and young researchers seminar.

It is the responsibility of the applicant to insure that his/her faculty will recognize these credits.


Submissions and registration are to be made on the Easychair website before March 1st, 2014:
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=brentano2014

For further information, please contact

Johannes L. Brandl
[email protected]

Guillaume Fréchette
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