IPS Spring Conference, Dept of Philosophy, School of Humanities, NUI Galway, March 5 – 7, 2010.

IPS Spring Conference: “The Future of Phenomenology”

Keynote Speaker: Prof. Rudi Visker (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)

Spring Conference of the
Irish Philosophical Society
The Futures of Phenomenology
March 5th- 7th
Hosted by the Department of Philosophy at the School of Humanities,
National University of Ireland, Galway.
Friday 5th March
17:00 Registration
Seminar Room, Philosophy Department, Morrisroe House
17:45 Welcome Address
D’Arcy Thompson Theatre, Arts/Commerce Building
18:00-19:30 Prof. Paul Crowther (NUIG)
“Phenomenology and the Problem of Analysis”
D’Arcy Thompson Theatre, Arts/Commerce Building
Saturday 6th
09:00 Registration
Moore Institute, Seminar Room AC 203
09:45
Dr. James McGuirk
(Bodø, Norway), “Indexicality & Phenomenological Subjectivity”
Dr. Niall Keane (MIC, Limerick)
“Heidegger and the Phenomenology of Homelessness & Translation”
10:15
Dr. Cyril McDonnell (NUIM)
“The Significance of Seeing and Talking about Death: Heidegger’s Critique & Limited Advancement of Husserlian Phenomenology”
Dr. Noel Kavanagh (Carlow College)
“In Which Sense can we have a Phenomenology of Love? An Investigation of Marion’s Erotic Phenomenon”
10.45
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11.15
Dr. Harald Wiltsche
(Graz Universität)
“A Phenomenological Analysis of the Laboratory of the Mind”
Ms. Sheena Hyland (UCD)
“The Futures of Phenomenology”
11.45
Dr. Donnchadh O’Conaill
(University of Durham)
“McDowell & Transcendental Phenomenology”
Dr. Andrea Altobrando
(Turin/Wuppertal)
“The Futures of Phenomenology:
The Phenomenological Genius”
12:15-14:00 Lunch
Moore Institute, Seminar Room
14:00-15:00 Dr. Tim Mooney (UCD),
“On the Flexibility in Concrete Movement: Merleau-Ponty’s Proper Conclusion”
15:00-15:30 Coffee
15:30-16:30 Dr. Felix O’Murchadha (NUIG),
“Scepticism & Phenomenology”
16:30-17:30 Dr. Joseph Cohen (UCD),
“Emmanuel Lévinas & the Problem of Phenomenology”
17:30-18:00 Coffee
18:00-19:30 Keynote Address: Prof. Rudi Visker (K.U. Leuven, Belgium),
“The Inhuman Core of Human Dignity. Lévinas & Beyond”
Followed by the launch of the IPS Yearbook by the President of the IPS Dr. Michael Dunne
20:00 Conference dinner
Vina Mara Restaurant, Middle Street, Galway
Sunday 7th
Moore Institute, Seminar Room
10:00-11:00 Prof. Brian O’Connor (UCD),
“Phronesis, Reason & the Phenomenology of Everyday Expertise”
11:00-11:30 Coffee
11:30-12:30 Prof. Graham Parkes (NUIC),
“Nietzsche & Eco-Phenomenology”
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Prof. Dermot Moran (UCD),
“The Phenomenology of Personhood”
Followed by the AGM of the IPS