I and We: Self and Community
Please note: This conference will be with physical attendance only.
The conference will be interdisciplinary in nature, and the invited plenary speakers will come from philosophy, developmental psychology, sociology, psychiatry, and anthropology.
Confirmed speakers include:
- Matthias Haase
- Peter Hobson
- Bernhard Leistle
- Felipe León
- Elisabeth Pacherie
- Nigel Rapport
- Marya Schechtman
- Hans Bernhard Schmid
- Robert Wilson
- Dan Zahavi
The aim of the conference is to discuss the following questions:
- What is the relation between the I and the we? Is a plurality of fairly robust selves a precondition for the emergence of a we? Does the first-person plural perspective presuppose the first-person singular perspective, or is it the other way around? Is selfhood socially constituted? Is the I communally grounded? Or is it perhaps better to see the I and the we as equiprimordial?
- To what extent does the first-person plural perspective precede, preserve or abolish the difference between the participating first-person singular perspectives?
- What is the link between self-identity and collective identity? How does group identification, and the adoption of a we-perspective, enable, change, transform or expand self-identity?
Monday, May 23
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09:00-09:15 |
Introduction |
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09:15-10:30 |
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10:30‐10:45 |
Coffee Break |
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10:45‐12:00 |
Peter Hobson (University College London): “Pathways to 'I' and 'we': A perspective from autism” |
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12:00-13:00 |
Lunch Break |
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13:00-14:15 |
Felipe León (CFS): “I and We: Intimacy and Self-identity” |
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14:15‐15:30 |
Dan Zahavi (CFS): “Beyond individualism and collectivism” |
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15:30-15:45 |
Coffee Break |
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15:45-17:00 |
Matthias Haase (University of Chicago): “Recognition and Reproduction” |
Tuesday, May 24
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09:15-10:30 |
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10:30‐10:45 |
Coffee Break |
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10:45‐12:00 |
Robert Wilson (University of Western Australia): “The Ontological Turn and Us” |
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12:00-13:00 |
Lunch Break |
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13:00-14:15 |
Hans Bernhard Schmid (University of Vienna): “We who? From Demarcation to self-identification” |
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14:15‐15:30 |
Elisabeth Pacherie (Institut Jean-Nicod – Paris): “Commitments and the Sense of Joint Agency” |
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15:30-15:45 |
Coffee Break |
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15:45-17:00 |
Bernhard Leistle (Carleton University): “Intercorporeal Atmospheres - Phenomenological Reflections on ‘Mass Psychogenic Illness’” |
It is no longer possible to register for this conference.
Please note: This conference will be with physical attendance only.
For queries about the conference, please contact administrator Helle Saabye
The conference will take place at University of Copenhagen, South Campus in building 22, ground floor, auditorium 22.0.11.
Address: University of Copenhagen, South Campus, Njalsgade 134 (entrance from Emil Holms Kanal 2), Auditorium 22.0.11, Copenhagen.
South Campus is within a 2,5 km radius from city center, main train station, city hall and other central parts of Copenhagen.
How to get to South Campus:
By bus: Bus number 12 (from Vesterport Station and the town hall square) and number 33 (from the town hall square).
By metro: Take the metro to Islands Brygge Station. From the station you have a 5-minute walk to the campus area.
Take the metro from the airport to Copenhagen
Link to Rejseplanen: Here you can simply write where from and where to you want to go and the site will provide you with all travel details (distance, price, travel possibilities).
It is in general very easy to walk (and bike) in Copenhagen.
Funding
This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. 832940).