An online forum of discussion on recent work in phenomenology, and organized on behalf of the Network for Phenomenological Research.
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/GMT+1, 4:15pm CET. Talks last 90 minutes, including a 45 minutes Q&A.
Participation: Talks are held on zoom. To participate, please send an email to [email protected] with the heading “Registration Monthly Phenomenology”. A zoom link will be sent to you the day preceding each talk.
Programme:
Next talk
Joan González Guardiola (University of the Balearic Islands)
A Contribution to Phenomenology of Spatial Orientation: A Phenomenological Description of Laterality Phenomena
Friday, 28 March 2025
10:15am ET, 3:15pm GMT, 4:15pm CET
Abstract: In this presentation we will explain how phenomenology has tools that can allow us to overcome what we have called the “aporia of the feeling of orientation,” as we find it in the Kantian text of 1786, “What does it mean to orient oneself in thinking?.” The aporia consists on a tension between the totally subjective character of feelings and the fact that the distinction between right and left resides in a feeling. We will show how the apparent aporia can find its resolution especially through the incorporation of two phenomenological tools: (1) Husserl’s phenomenology of orientation that we find in texts 16 (1925) and 20 (1932) of Hua XXXIX, which introduces intersubjectivity as an orientation structure from the initial moment of the description as access (Zugang); (2) the incorporation of phenomenological analyses on the experience of laterality and the experience of the symptomatology of some ciliary pathologies.
Upcoming talks
Julio De Rizzo (University of Vienna)
Husserl on Perception (1894–1907)
25 April 2025
Maja Spener (University of Birmingham)
Introspective Methods in Early Experimental Psychology
9 May 2025
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