Announcement of the next talk of the series: Hopp (Boston University), Knowledge and the Foundations of Intentionality, Friday, 18 November.
MONTHLY PHENOMENOLOGY
An online forum of discussion on recent work in phenomenology
Description: This series of talks gathers together scholars interested in phenomenology and its relation to contemporary issues in philosophy, especially in the philosophy of mind. It establishes a forum of discussion where people can meet on a regular basis and present their work-in-progress or recent publications. The topics addressed will stretch from the history of early phenomenology to the systematic application of phenomenological insights in recent debates in analytic philosophy.
Schedule: The talks will take place once a month on a Friday from October to May. Time: 10:15am ET, 3:15pm GMT, 4:15pm CET. Talks last 90 minutes, including a 45 minutes Q&A.
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Programme:
Next talk
Walter Hopp (Boston University)
Knowledge and the Foundations of Intentionality
Friday, 18 November 2022
10:15am ET, 3:15pm GMT, 4:15pm CET
Abstract: In this paper I will attempt to provide a broadly Husserlian defense of the thesis that all objectifying or object-directed intentionality is either itself knowledge, or is founded upon knowledge. No intentional acts of any type could occur without a foundation in knowledge. The argument, quite simply, is that all intentionality is founded on what Husserl calls “Evidenz” or givenness, and that Evidenz in all of its varieties is knowledge. I will examine the various roles that Evidenz plays in conscious life, including its indispensable role in what Husserl calls “constitution”, and also argue that both (a) conceptual Evidenz or fulfillment and (b) nonconceptual Evidenz or originary intuition qualify as knowledge. I’ll try to address some objections along the way.
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Marie Guillot (University of Essex)
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Convenors:
Guillaume Fréchette (University of Geneva)
Marta Jorba (Pompeu Fabra University)
Alessandro Salice (University College Cork)
Hamid Taieb (Humboldt University Berlin)
Íngrid Vendrell-Ferran (Philipps University Marburg)
Organized on behalf of the Network for Phenomenological Research