Empathy, Community, and the State The Social Philosophy of Edith Stein
December 16, 2013
Newman House,
86 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2
This workshop is held as part of the Irish Research Council (IRC) sponsored research project "Discovering the 'We': The Phenomenology of Sociality" (PI: Dermot Moran) and supported by a UCD SEEDS grant, "The International Centre for Newman Studies" and "The International Association for the Study of the Philosophy of Edith Stein" (IASPES). The workshop is organized by Dermot Moran (UCD) and Thomas Szanto (University of Vienna).
| 09.30–09.45 | Opening Words |
| 09.45–10.30 | Mette Lebech (NUI Maynooth): The Constitution of Human Dignity According to the Phenomenology of Edith Stein |
| 10.30–11.15 | Íngrid Vendrell Ferran (University of Marburg): Emotions and the Understanding of Intersubjectivity in Edith Stein’s Early Work |
| 11.15–11.30 | Coffee Break |
| 11.30–12.15 | James Jardine (University of Copenhagen/Columbia University, NY): Empathy, Solidarity, and Recognition |
| 12.15–13.00 | Joona Taipale (Center for Subjectivity Research, University of Copenhagen): The Melodic Presence of the Other: Phenomenological Remarks on Empathy and Mental States |
| 13.00–14.30 | Lunch Break |
| 14.30–15.15 | Thomas Szanto (University of Vienna): Stein on Shared Experiences and Collective Empathy |
| 15.15–16.00 | Emanuele Caminada (University of Cologne): Do We Need a Bearer for Common Experiences? Husserl, Stein, and Walther on Phenomenological and Group Mind |
| 16.00–16.15 | Coffee Break |
| 16.15–17.00 | Tim Burns (University College Dublin/Loyola Marymount University, LA): Stein’s Contribution to the Debate over Intentionalism about Groups |
| 17.00–17.45 | Francesca De Vecchi (Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan): Edith Stein’s Social Ontology of the State, the Law, and of Social Acts |
| 17.45–18.15 | Round Table Closing Session |