Motivation and Time in phenomenology
An International Conference held online
Description of the conference
This conference brings together the themes of motivation and temporality in the phenomenological tradition, and explores their complex relationship. Motivation has been identified as the lawfulness that regulates the relations between different moments of intentionality – a lawfulness that differs from causality and reason. It is the unique manner in which subjective life is regulated and through which perceptual and other intentional phenomena are triggered and interconnected. Phenomenological philosophy has also offered ground-breaking insights into the constitution of time-consciousness and the important ways it connects to other phenomena, such as memory, anticipation, self-awareness, perception of temporal objects, etc.
Despite the centrality of motivation and temporality to both our experiential life and to the history of phenomenology, surprisingly little work has been done to explicate the complex relationship between these two intricately linked phenomena. Many important questions remain unanswered: Does the peculiar experiential character of motivation already involve an awareness of time? Or, conversely, does our awareness of time already involve motivation? What kind of experiences embody this intertwinement? And if there is indeed such a connection, do all kinds of motivation relate to time in the same way? This conference launches the investigation into these essential questions.
Conference Speakers
Peter Antich
Dominican University New York
Alessandro Anzà
Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Celia Cabrera
CONICET, Argentina
Alexis Delamare
Université de Rouen-Normandie & Universität Heidelberg
Ingrid Vendrell Ferran
Universität Marburg
Susi Ferrarello
Cal State University, East Bay
Yorgos Filippopoulos
Panteion University
Thomas Fuchs
Universität Heidelberg
Christos Hadjioannou
Sofia University “St Kliment Ohridski”
Sarah Horton
Catholic Institute of Paris
Verónica Kretschel
University of Buenos Aires
Sebastian Lederle
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Renxiang Liu
Tsinghua University
Daniel Neumann
Paderborn University
Charlie Driker-Ohren
Stony Brook University
Vanessa Ossino
University of Cologne & University Fribourg
Jack Reynolds
Deakin University
Andrea Scanziani
University of Milan
Max Schaefer
University of Prince Edward Island
Nikos Soueltzis
University of Patras & National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Genki Uemura
Okayama University
Organizers and co-organizers
The conference is organized by Christos Hadjioannou and Nikos Soueltzis.
For more information please contact Christos Hadjioannou via email:
The conference is hosted by the Department of Philosophy and Classical Studies, University of Cyprus. Co-organized by Antzoulis Foundation https://antzoulis.foundation/
