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June 12th/13th 2025 Paderborn University
Metaphysik und Methode in der Philosophie und Phänomenologie der Moderne
Motivation
Many arguments and concepts in phenomenology are formulated in dialogue with thinkers and themes from modern philosophy. Foundational phenomenological texts like Husserl’s Cartesian Meditations, Heidegger’s Being and Time, Sartre’s Transcendence of the Ego, or Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology of Perception, criticise and appropriate ideas from modern philosophers. The deep convergences between modern philosophy and phenomenology led Merleau-Ponty to conclude that “phenomenology merges with the effort of modern thought” (Phenomenology of Perception, 22).
Nevertheless, many aspects of the influence of many modern thinkers (such as the British Empiricists or Continental Rationalists) on phenomenology remain to be further examined. Moreover, in some cases, it is not obvious that the phenomenological tradition solves the problems raised by the metaphysical commitments and methodological assumptions of the moderns. Husserl’s famous “metaphysical neutrality” as one of phenomenology’s hallmarks is, as a matter of fact, difficult to maintain. Indeed, the phenomenological tradition might be better viewed as an original continuation of core problems in modern philosophy, rather than an extended attempt to dissolve them.
Many arguments and concepts in phenomenology are formulated in dialogue with thinkers and themes from modern philosophy. Foundational phenomenological texts like Husserl’s Cartesian Meditations, Heidegger’s Being and Time, Sartre’s Transcendence of the Ego, or Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology of Perception, criticise and appropriate ideas from modern philosophers. The deep convergences between modern philosophy and phenomenology led Merleau-Ponty to conclude that “phenomenology merges with the effort of modern thought” (Phenomenology of Perception, 22).
Nevertheless, many aspects of the influence of many modern thinkers (such as the British Empiricists or Continental Rationalists) on phenomenology remain to be further examined. Moreover, in some cases, it is not obvious that the phenomenological tradition solves the problems raised by the metaphysical commitments and methodological assumptions of the moderns. Husserl’s famous “metaphysical neutrality” as one of phenomenology’s hallmarks is, as a matter of fact, difficult to maintain. Indeed, the phenomenological tradition might be better viewed as an original continuation of core problems in modern philosophy, rather than an extended attempt to dissolve them.
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ORGANIZATION
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Luft
University of Paderborn
Chair for Theoretical Philosophy
University of Paderborn
Chair for Theoretical Philosophy
- Dr. Aaron Wells
- University of Paderborn
Dr. Dimitris Apostolopoulos
Loyola Chicago
Loyola Chicago
