Conference: "Phenomenology of Empathy"
29-31 May 2013
Confirmed speakers include Sara Heinämaa, James Jardine, Jean-Francois Lavigne, John Michael, Dermot Moran, Søren Overgaard, Helena De Preester, Matthew Ratcliffe, Peter Rosan, Matthias Schlossberger, Joona Taipale and Dan Zahavi.
Programme
May 29th, 2013
14:00-15:15 Dermot Moran (University College Dublin, Ireland):
Empathy as Ineinandersein: Husserl and Merleau-Ponty on Understanding Others and Oneself
15:15-15.45 Coffee Break
15:45-17:00 Jean-François Lavigne (Université de Nice, France):
Edith Stein's conception of the "Einfühlung": between Husserl, Lipps and Scheler
May 30th, 2013
9:30-10:45 Sara Heinämaa (University of Helsinki, Finland)
The Child and the Animal: From Embodiment and Empathy to Generativity
10:45-12:00 Dan Zahavi (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Levels of Empathy
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-14:15 Søren Overgaard and John Michael (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
How (not) to think about empathy
14:15-14.45 Coffee Break
14:45-16:00 Helena De Preester (Ghent University and University College Ghent, Belgium):
Is it possible to empathize with traces of human gestures?
16:00-17:00 James Jardine (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Empathy and Intentionality: The Experience of Other People in Husserl and Stein
May 31st, 2013
9:30-10:45 Matthew Ratcliffe (Durham University, UK):
Phenomenology is Exploration, not Simulation
10:45-12:00 Peter J. Rosan (Bronx Children’s Psychiatric Center, USA):
A Phenomenology of Empathy: The Play of Mimesis and Alterity
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-14:15 Matthias Schloßberger (Universität Potsdam, Germany)
Empathy or Recognition? Different approaches to normative social philosophy
14:15-15:30 Joona Taipale (University of Copenhagen, Denmark):
Embodiment and the immediacy of the other
Prior registration is not required.
The conference is free and open to all, including students. Welcome!
With thanks to generous support from VELUX FONDEN.