Phenomenology of Action and Volition 

Workshop for early stage and experienced researchers

Venue: Academy Conference Center
Institute of Philosophy, Prague
​http://www.flu.cas.cz/en
Organisation: Guillaume Fréchette & Hynek Janoušek

Monday, 21 May

9:15-9:30 G. Fréchette – H. Janoušek
Welcome Address

Morning session: (Chair: Guillaume Fréchette) 
9:30-10:30
Kevin Mulligan (University of Lugano/Geneva)
The Body, Action, and the Will: Scheler & Wittgenstein

10:30-10:45
Coffee break

10:45-11:45
Alessandro Salice (University College Cork)
Practical Intentionality in Early Phenomenology

11:45-12:25
Christopher Erhard (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München)
Husserl and Volitionism

12:25-13:45
Lunch break 

Afternoon session (Chair: Alessandro Salice)
13:45-14:25
Guillaume Fréchette (University of Salzburg)
Brentano on Will and Motivation

14:25-15:05
Daniel Vanello (University of Fribourg)
Scheler on Affectivity and Will

15:05-15:20
Coffee break

15:20-16:00
Hamid Taieb (University of Salzburg)
Acts of State in Edith Stein

16:00-16:40
Borislav Mihačević (University of Ljubljana)
Hannah Arendt’s Investigation of the Faculty of the Will in Phenomenology of Action – the Problem of Freedom

Tuesday, 22 May
Morning session: (Chair: Hynek Janoušek)
9:00-10:00
Jakub Čapek (Charles University, Prague)
Ambiguity of Habits in Human Action: Merleau-Ponty and Ricoeur

10:00-10:20
Coffee break

10:20-11:00
Jo-Jo Koo (Grinnell College, USA)
Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenological Compatibilism about Determinism and Free Will

11:00-11:40
Mariana Bardelli (University of Strasbourg)
The question of the ego-acts in Husserl’s phenomenology: passivity, activity and freedom

11:40-13:00
Lunch break  

Afternoon session (Chair: Hamid Taieb)
13:00-13:40
​Robin Rollinger (Institute of Philosophy, Prague)
Alexander Pfänder and Phenomenology of Volition

13:40-14:20
Cinzia Ruggeri (University College Dublin)
A Criticism of Young’s ‘Throwing Like a Girl’ Through Scheler’s Understanding of Motor Action

14:20-14:35
Coffee break 

14:35 -15:15
​Michał Barcz (University of Warsaw)
Non-phenomenological Character of the Sense of Agency

15:15-15:55
Felix Timmermann (University of Zurich)
Volition in Brentano’s Origin: Epistemological or ontological?

Wednesday, 23 May
Morning session: (Chair: Robin Rollinger)

9:00-9:40
Hynek Janoušek (Institute of Philosophy, Prague)
Brentano’s Critique of Utilitarianism

9:40-10:20 Søren Engelsen (University of Southern Denmark)
A Phenomenological Critique of Humean Accounts of Motivation

Coffee break 10:20-10:40

10:40-11:20
Andrea Marchesi (University of Salzburg)
On Husserl's Exhibition Principle

11:20-12:00 Emanuele Carta (Karl-Franzens University Graz)
Husserl on Essences as Norms