[Bilimsel Haber] CFP: The Structure of Reflection (France) (2/15/06; 7/16/06-7/22/06)

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From: David Lauer <dlauer@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

Call for Papers and Invitation

12th International Philosophy Colloquium Evian
12. Internationales Philosophie-Kolloquium Evian
12ème Colloque philosophique international d'Evian

The Structure of Reflection - Self-Consciousness and Critique
Die Struktur der Reflexivität - Selbstbewusstsein und Kritik
La structure de la réflexivité - conscience de soi et critique

Evian (Lake Geneva), France
July 16-22, 2006


The idea of reflection stands out especially among the panorama of key 
concepts
in the history of philosophy that seek to explain the nature of the mind.
According to the generic line of thought in which this idea plays a central
role, what it is to have a mind is essentially connected with the fact 
that a
minded creature can reflect upon its own attitudes and thereby distance 
itself
from itself as well as from the world. As such, reflection marks the end of
natural immediacy. Two seemingly disparate understandings - at the very 
least -
have developed, however, concerning reflection as the central aspect of the
mind, understandings that can be characterized with the key words
'self-consciousness' and 'critique'. If we want to understand reflection as
constitutive for self-consciousness, we aim to explain what it is to have
thoughts and intentions at all, i.e., what it is to be a 
self-determining being
in general. Those who wish to understand reflection as critique seek to make
intelligible what it means to claim that thoughts as such can always be
evaluated in terms of being right or wrong. In Kant's words, this 
understanding
of reflection turns on the issue of maturity (Mündigkeit). But how should we
understand precisely the structure of reflection, either as 
self-consciousness
and/or as critique? How do these two dimensions of reflection relate to one
another? Under what conditions is reflection as self-consciousness or as
critique possible and how does it come about in each case? We seek to garner
(post)structuralist, hermeneutical, and analytic positions in both their
differences and convergences with regard to the topic of reflection and 
to bring
them systematically into a fruitful dialogue.

The International Philosophy Colloquia Evian address themselves to 
philosophers
who are interested in having multilingual discussions (in French, 
English, and
German) across and beyond the bounds of philosophical schools and 
traditions.
They are meant to be a place where the divide between continental and 
analytic
philosophy has been overcome.

Call for Papers:
We invite proposals for papers for submission. The final deadline is 
February
15, 2006. Please send your proposal with a one-page abstract and a short 
CV to
the following e-mail address: evian@uni-hildesheim.de

A detailed exposition of the topic and all relevant information 
concerning the
character and history of the colloquium as well as matters of 
accomodation and
costs can be found at our trilingual website:
www.uni-hildesheim.de/eviancolloquium/

Organizers:
Georg W. Bertram (Hildesheim), Stefan Blank (Berlin), Robin Celikates
(Gießen), David Lauer (Berlin)

In cooperation with Karen Feldman (Berkeley), Jo-Jo Koo (Pittsburgh),
Christophe Laudou (Madrid), Jérôme Lèbre (Paris), Diane Perpich
(Vanderbilt), Chris Doude van Troostwijk (Strasbourg / Amsterdam)

Contact:
Prof. Dr. Georg W. Bertram, Institut für Philosophie, Universitaet
Hildesheim, Marienburger Platz 2, D-31141 Hildesheim, Germany


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12. Internationales Philosophie-Kolloquium Evian
Organisation: Georg W. Bertram (Hildesheim), Stefan Blank (Berlin), Robin
Celikates (Gießen), David Lauer (Berlin)
evian@rz.uni-hildesheim.de




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