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Federico Boccaccini
CNPq, Ciências Humanas, Faculty Member
- Federal University of Pernambuco, Philosophy, Post-Docadd
- I am Senior Research Fellow of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) and at the D... moreI am Senior Research Fellow of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) and at the Department of Philosophy of the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) in Brazil, as well as"collaborateur scientifique" at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Liege (Belgium) and Research Fellow of the Postgraduate Program at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Brasília, where I have been Visiting Professor (2018-2022). I have been also Visiting Professor at the State University of Amapá (2023-2024). After my Master's (2006) and Doctorate in Philosophy (2011) at the Sorbonne (Paris1) and a Degree in Philosophy (2005) at La Sapienza in Rome, I joined the Department of Liege in 2011 as a postdoctoral fellow (2011-2013) and then as a researcher associated with the project "The School of Brentano" directed by A. Dewalque (2013-2014). In addition, in 2013 I have been an Academic Visitor at the University of Oxford, Corpus Christi College (ERC Project directed by A. Marmodoro). From 2014 to 2017, I worked as a Junior Research Fellow at the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research (F.R.S.-FNRS) where received as Principal Investigator a three-year grant for my ACME project on the history and metaphysics of mental acts in 19th-century philosophy. Also, I collaborated on the project "L' expérience des états mentaux/the experience of mental states" between the University of Liege and the University of Fribourg (Switzerland), funded by the FNRS and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).
Much of my work focuses on the legacy and impact of early modern philosophy (epistemology and psychology) in the 19th and 20th centuries, with particular attention to the connection between Franz Brentano and the rise of modern psychology, phenomenology, psychoanalysis, and contemporary philosophy of mind. Starting from post-Kantian epistemology and the theory of mind in Brentano and Husserl, another current line of my research studies the theory of emotions and moral psychology. Among my works, the monograph Franz Brentano. Mente, coscienza, realtà, Rome, Carocci, 2021, which I am translating into Portuguese (Brentano: mente, consciência, realidade), Franz Brentano Critical Assessment, 4 vols, Routledge, 2019 (both with M. Antonelli), guest editor of the British Journal for the History of Philosophy (with A. Marmodoro), Revue Philosophique de Louvain, Rivista di filosofia. My main current project is on Locke and Modern intentionality and ontology of mind. I am considering writing two books, one on phenomenology and epistemology (something between Brentano e Frege) and the second on the history of psychological associationism, from Locke to Wundt, its influence and impact on human sciences and literary and scientific Modern Western imagination.edit
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My presentation is about the origin of philosophical psychology in the modern age from Juan Luis Vives (1493-1540) to Franz Brentano (1838-1917). My aim is to show how during three centuries psychology arises from humanistic studies to an... more
My presentation is about the origin of philosophical psychology in the modern age from Juan Luis Vives (1493-1540) to Franz Brentano (1838-1917). My aim is to show how during three centuries psychology arises from humanistic studies to an experimental science in Wundt. This new discipline transforms itself from a study of inner experience, strictly linked to philosophy, to full science. My claim is there are two traditions in modern philosophy which represent two different approaches to the study of human mind: one originated from Vives' book De anima et vita (1538) and another one from Wolff's psychology. Both flow into Brentano's Psychology from an empirical standpoint. These two modern viewpoints set up phenomenology.
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International Workshop "The Claim of Experience.18th and 19th-century Philosophy and the Legacy of Empiricism"- October, 24th, 2015 - University of Liege - organized by F. Boccaccini (FNRS)
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'Common Sense and Enlightenment',March 13, 2015 - March 15, 2015, Princeton University. A long term project of the CSSP comes to fruition in 2015 when the first two volumes of a multi-authored History of Scottish Philosophy will be... more
'Common Sense and Enlightenment',March 13, 2015 - March 15, 2015, Princeton University. A long term project of the CSSP comes to fruition in 2015 when the first two volumes of a multi-authored History of Scottish Philosophy will be published by Oxford University Press. Scottish Philosophy in the 18th Century, Volume One, edited by James Harris (University of St Andrews) and Aaron Garrett (Boston University) covers Scottish Enlightenment writers and topics in morality, politics, aesthetics and religion. Scottish Philosophy in the 19th and 20th centuries, edited by Gordon Graham, engages with the post-Enlightenment debates between once famous, but now much less well known, Scottish philosophers—Thomas Brown, William Hamilton, J F Ferrier, Alexander Bain, John Macmurray—with chapters on more wide ranging topics such as the Scottish reception of Kant and Hegel, the rise of Idealism, and the influence of Scottish philosophy abroad. The CSSP Spring Conference 2015 will celebrate the appearance of these two volumes. Plenary sessions and panels will take up themes from the chapters of the books - see preliminary program and list of invited speakers below. The 2105 Spring Conference has additional financial support from the Scots Philosophical Association.
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Phénoménologie de l'action présente d’une manière très originale certains des différents aspects débattus aujourd’hui dans la philosophie de l’action. Grâce au renouvellement au sein de la philosophie de l’esprit concernant la... more
Phénoménologie de l'action présente d’une manière très originale certains des différents aspects débattus aujourd’hui dans la philosophie de l’action. Grâce au renouvellement au sein de la philosophie de l’esprit concernant la connaissance en première personne, l’analyse de la relation entre le sujet et ses actions a connu un net regain d’intérêt ces dernières années. En mobilisant à la fois la tradition anglo-américaine et la tradition européenne, l’ouvrage se focalise davantage sur la question du moi et sur celle de l’agentivité (agency). La possibilité d’un dialogue entre ces deux traditions concernant la théorie de l’action en phénoménologie constitue l’originalité du volume.
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The centenary of Brentano’s death provides the opportunity to witness the leading position carved out by his thought within the centennial history of «Rivista di Filosofia Neo-Scolastica», seeking to point out in what extent Brentano’s... more
The centenary of Brentano’s death provides the opportunity to witness the leading position carved out by his thought within the centennial history of «Rivista di Filosofia Neo-Scolastica», seeking to point out in what extent Brentano’s philosophy can be still considered ‘contemporary’. Specifically, most of the contemporary studies addressed to Brentano’s philosophy clearly show that the role of utmost importance he played, and still plays, within the history of philosophy is not only due to his introduction and discussion of the notion of intentionality. In the last decades indeed, specific attention has been payed (a) to Brentano’s ethical theory, (b) to his overall assessment of philosophy and (c) in arguing for the idea that psychology should to be considered in the same manner as a rigorous science.
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Rudolf Hermann Lotze (1817–1881) fut l’une des figures majeures de la philosophie allemande au XIXe siècle. Philosophe, logicien, psychologue, médecin, il a connu à son époque une renommée extraordinaire. Professeur de philosophie à... more
Rudolf Hermann Lotze (1817–1881) fut l’une des figures majeures de la philosophie allemande au XIXe siècle. Philosophe, logicien, psychologue, médecin, il a connu à son époque une renommée extraordinaire. Professeur de philosophie à l’Université de Göttingen, où
il succéda à Herbart, il mena un parcours de recherche aussi original qu’influent. Entre romantisme et positivisme, entre naturalisme et historicisme, sa doctrine ne s’est jamais confondue avec les courants les plus importants de son époque. Admirée et suivie, autant en Allemagne qu’à l’étranger, sa pensée fut ensuite, après sa mort, condamnée à l’oubli en raison de son supposé éclectisme méthodologique et, finalement, classée sous la rubrique ambiguë d’« idéal-réalisme ». Le legs de Lotze s’inscrit dans un rapport complexe à la phénoménologie,
à la philosophie analytique naissante, au pragmatisme américain et au néokantisme allemand jusqu’à Heidegger. L’analyse de ce legs n’a cependant jamais bénéficié d’une réflexion critique capable d’en mesurer la portée et les limites. Par un travail d’évaluation historico-critique, ce volume se propose de combler cette lacune.
il succéda à Herbart, il mena un parcours de recherche aussi original qu’influent. Entre romantisme et positivisme, entre naturalisme et historicisme, sa doctrine ne s’est jamais confondue avec les courants les plus importants de son époque. Admirée et suivie, autant en Allemagne qu’à l’étranger, sa pensée fut ensuite, après sa mort, condamnée à l’oubli en raison de son supposé éclectisme méthodologique et, finalement, classée sous la rubrique ambiguë d’« idéal-réalisme ». Le legs de Lotze s’inscrit dans un rapport complexe à la phénoménologie,
à la philosophie analytique naissante, au pragmatisme américain et au néokantisme allemand jusqu’à Heidegger. L’analyse de ce legs n’a cependant jamais bénéficié d’une réflexion critique capable d’en mesurer la portée et les limites. Par un travail d’évaluation historico-critique, ce volume se propose de combler cette lacune.
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This year the topic of this web conference is the role of second person in language, cognition, and action. The aim of the conference is to explore and clarify the second-person perspective in philosophy, broadly construed, within the... more
This year the topic of this web conference is the role of second person in language, cognition, and action. The aim of the conference is to explore and clarify the second-person perspective in philosophy, broadly construed, within the conceptual framework offered by contemporary philosophy of mind. Recent research in this field as well as in psychology, psychiatry, and neurosciences has seen exponentially growing attention given to the issue of the second person in experience and knowledge. Naomi Eilan called this new trend in philosophy “the you turn”.
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Organized by F. Boccaccini (ULiege) in collaboration with TRAVERSES – Unité de Recherches Transdisciplinaires de l’Université de Liège, the Belgian National Funds for Scientifique Research, the contact groupe FNRS « Histoire de la... more
Organized by F. Boccaccini (ULiege) in collaboration with TRAVERSES – Unité de Recherches Transdisciplinaires de l’Université de Liège, the Belgian National Funds for Scientifique Research, the contact groupe FNRS « Histoire de la philosophie et historiographie philosophique », Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon ( BATTMAN project- The Battle for the science of man, 1800-1867, Labex COMOD), IHRIM (Institut d'Histoire des Représentations et des Idées dans les Modernités).
12 December
9.30 Salle de l’Horloge - Registration
Chair: Denis Seron (FNRS - ULiège)
10.00 Welcome Address
Carl Havelange (ULiège)
10.30 Keynote
Delphine Antoine-Mahut (ENS de Lyon – Ihrim)
La philosophie de Descartes comme "doctrine mère" de la famille spiritualiste française au XIXe siècle
12.00 Lunch break
Chair: Arnaud Dewalque (ULiège)
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Jean-Pierre Bertrand (ULiège)
Le XIXe siècle littéraire
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Dietmar Heidemann (University of Luxembourg)
Subjectivity and the Historical Development of Science
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Samuel Lézé (ENS de Lyon – Ihrim)
Stock Arguments in 19th-Century France: Controversies between Philosophers and Physicians
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7.30 Conference dinner — Restaurant "Il Campo"
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13 December
Room A1/3/24
Chair: Federico Boccaccini (ULiège)
10.30 Keynote
Gary Hatfield (University of Pennsylvania)
On Classifying Philosophies: Helmholtz as Empiricist or Kantian?
12.00 lunch break
Room A1/3/26B
Chair: Charlotte Morel (ENS – Paris)
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Mathieu Marion (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Oxford and 19th-Century British Philosophy
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Paolo Pecere (University of Cassino)
19th-Century Philosophy and the Limits of Natural Science: The Case of German Physiology
4.00 coffee break
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David Romand (CNRS – UMR 7219 Sphère)
Feeling and Philosophy: The Affective Paradigm Reconsidered (Early 19th – Early 20th Centuries)
12 December
9.30 Salle de l’Horloge - Registration
Chair: Denis Seron (FNRS - ULiège)
10.00 Welcome Address
Carl Havelange (ULiège)
10.30 Keynote
Delphine Antoine-Mahut (ENS de Lyon – Ihrim)
La philosophie de Descartes comme "doctrine mère" de la famille spiritualiste française au XIXe siècle
12.00 Lunch break
Chair: Arnaud Dewalque (ULiège)
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Jean-Pierre Bertrand (ULiège)
Le XIXe siècle littéraire
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Dietmar Heidemann (University of Luxembourg)
Subjectivity and the Historical Development of Science
4.00 coffee break
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Samuel Lézé (ENS de Lyon – Ihrim)
Stock Arguments in 19th-Century France: Controversies between Philosophers and Physicians
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7.30 Conference dinner — Restaurant "Il Campo"
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13 December
Room A1/3/24
Chair: Federico Boccaccini (ULiège)
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Gary Hatfield (University of Pennsylvania)
On Classifying Philosophies: Helmholtz as Empiricist or Kantian?
12.00 lunch break
Room A1/3/26B
Chair: Charlotte Morel (ENS – Paris)
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Mathieu Marion (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Oxford and 19th-Century British Philosophy
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Paolo Pecere (University of Cassino)
19th-Century Philosophy and the Limits of Natural Science: The Case of German Physiology
4.00 coffee break
4.30
David Romand (CNRS – UMR 7219 Sphère)
Feeling and Philosophy: The Affective Paradigm Reconsidered (Early 19th – Early 20th Centuries)
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Since the time of Locke and Leibniz, a debate has taken center stage about the nature of the mind and its powers, focusing on whether the subject of experience is the result of all the senses or if the subject is actively producing our... more
Since the time of Locke and Leibniz, a debate has taken center stage about the nature of the mind and its powers, focusing on whether the subject of experience is the result of all the senses or if the subject is actively producing our experience. It is widely accepted that the former provides a strong mechanistic explanation for mental activity based on the physiology of the nervous system and the psychological association of ideas-which are constituents of modern mechanism and materialism-thereby disentangling psychology from metaphysics. In the following, I will explore the transformation of the Newtonian view from its mechanical reductionist approach, which structured the Enlightenment science of mind in Britain, to that of the vitalistic autonomy of thinking matter. The reception of David Hartley's (1705-1757) theory of vibrations and associations of ideas serves as a case study. The longevity of this model (a sixth edition of the Observations on Man was published in 1834) was particularly significant in Europe until the fall of the associationist school after James Ward's (1843-1925) article "Psychology", for the Encyclopaedia Britannica (1886), where Ward argues for the unity and continuity of active conscious life as opposed to the mechanical model of psychology.
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By focusing on a number of neglected authors, the book aims to reclaim and show the relevance of different streams in 19th century German psychology that were forgotten and eclipsed by the hegemony of experimental psychology. My chapter... more
By focusing on a number of neglected authors, the book aims to reclaim and show the relevance of different streams in 19th century German psychology that were forgotten and eclipsed by the hegemony of experimental psychology. My chapter is about J. F. Fries' psychology.
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The proposed special issues covers the period seventeenth- and eighteenth century and focuses on the issue of how a sample of influential thinkers of that period conceptualised the human agent’s mental abilities as governing perception,... more
The proposed special issues covers the period seventeenth- and eighteenth century and focuses on the issue of how a sample of influential thinkers of that period conceptualised the human agent’s mental abilities as governing perception, action and moral behaviour. The representative thinkers included in this issue are: Descartes, Cudworth, Locke, Spinoza, Malebranche, Leibniz, Reid, Hume, Rousseau, and Kant.
During the period under consideration in this proposed issue there is a great revival of interest in the powers, capacities or faculties of the human mind, leading to innovative accounts which partially ground in a broad sense, modern psychology. Having inherited a general classification of the cognitive and moral powers from late Scholasticism, many authors during the period under consideration were mainly interested in putting them to work, to explain and describe how we think and perceive (rather than the contents of our thoughts and perceptions). Accordingly, the proposed special issue examines several aspects of the mental life, including perception, attention, reflection, imagination, consciousness, conscience, self-knowledge, activity and passivity of thought.
During the period under consideration in this proposed issue there is a great revival of interest in the powers, capacities or faculties of the human mind, leading to innovative accounts which partially ground in a broad sense, modern psychology. Having inherited a general classification of the cognitive and moral powers from late Scholasticism, many authors during the period under consideration were mainly interested in putting them to work, to explain and describe how we think and perceive (rather than the contents of our thoughts and perceptions). Accordingly, the proposed special issue examines several aspects of the mental life, including perception, attention, reflection, imagination, consciousness, conscience, self-knowledge, activity and passivity of thought.
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Disciplina:-Iniciação a Metodologia científica FIL 0077 A pesquisa histórica: Conceitos e problemas da história da filosofia Responsável: Prof. Federico Boccaccini TERÇA E QUINTA-FEIRA, 10h-12h Conteúdo: De maneira introdutória, o curso... more
Disciplina:-Iniciação a Metodologia científica FIL 0077 A pesquisa histórica: Conceitos e problemas da história da filosofia Responsável: Prof. Federico Boccaccini TERÇA E QUINTA-FEIRA, 10h-12h Conteúdo: De maneira introdutória, o curso visa apresentar a metodologia da história da filosofia como disciplina científica. As ferramentas técnicas do trabalho histórico serão levadas em consideração e explicadas.
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Franz Brentano e a origem da filosofia contemporânea Objetivo e conteúdo: O curso visa treinar os alunos sobre os fundamentos da filosofia de Franz Brentano (1838-1917), professor de Husserl e de Freud em Viena, e a origem de dois... more
Franz Brentano e a origem da filosofia contemporânea
Objetivo e conteúdo: O curso visa treinar os alunos sobre os fundamentos da filosofia de Franz Brentano (1838-1917), professor de Husserl e de Freud em Viena, e a origem de dois movimentos entre os mais importan-tes da filosofia contemporanea: a fenomenologia e a filosofia analitica. O curso buscará, em primei-ro lugar, reconstruir o debate sobre a natureza da mente a partir da questão da intencionalidade mental, ponto focal da filosofia de Brentano, oferecendo, em secundo lugar, um treinamento sobre o debate entre mente e linguagem e mente e corpo no inicio do século XX, até o debate atual sobre o estatuto epistemológico da consciência. O curso será dividido em cinco pontos, analisando principalmente: (1) questões históricas e teóricas sobre a psicologia, a lógica e o psicologismo no século XIX (Her-bart, Trendelenburg, Lotze, Bolzano, Brentano); (2) o debate sobre o estatuto ontológico dos objetos contraditórios ou inexistentes (Brentano, Mei-nong, Russell); (3) a resposta de Husserl a Brentano e a origem da fenomenologia; (4) intencionalidade e linguagem (Marty, Kerry, Frege, Wittgenstein); (5) intencionalidade e consciência: de Brentano a Chalmers e Kriegel. Avaliação: Entrega de um trabalho final. Principais referências: Leituras obrigatórias:-M. Antonelli, F. Boccaccini, Franz Brentano, 4 vols, London-New York, Routledge, 2019. Outras leituras:-M. Textor, Brentano's Mind, OUP, 2018.-U. Kriegel, Mind, Being, Value. Brentano's Philosophical System, OUP, 2018.-U. Kriegel ed., Routledge Handbook of Brentano and the Brentano School, London-New York, Routledge, 2018.-M. Porta (org.), Brentano e a sua escola, Loyola, 2014 Observação: todo o material bibliográfico será disponibilizado em arquivo PDF.
Objetivo e conteúdo: O curso visa treinar os alunos sobre os fundamentos da filosofia de Franz Brentano (1838-1917), professor de Husserl e de Freud em Viena, e a origem de dois movimentos entre os mais importan-tes da filosofia contemporanea: a fenomenologia e a filosofia analitica. O curso buscará, em primei-ro lugar, reconstruir o debate sobre a natureza da mente a partir da questão da intencionalidade mental, ponto focal da filosofia de Brentano, oferecendo, em secundo lugar, um treinamento sobre o debate entre mente e linguagem e mente e corpo no inicio do século XX, até o debate atual sobre o estatuto epistemológico da consciência. O curso será dividido em cinco pontos, analisando principalmente: (1) questões históricas e teóricas sobre a psicologia, a lógica e o psicologismo no século XIX (Her-bart, Trendelenburg, Lotze, Bolzano, Brentano); (2) o debate sobre o estatuto ontológico dos objetos contraditórios ou inexistentes (Brentano, Mei-nong, Russell); (3) a resposta de Husserl a Brentano e a origem da fenomenologia; (4) intencionalidade e linguagem (Marty, Kerry, Frege, Wittgenstein); (5) intencionalidade e consciência: de Brentano a Chalmers e Kriegel. Avaliação: Entrega de um trabalho final. Principais referências: Leituras obrigatórias:-M. Antonelli, F. Boccaccini, Franz Brentano, 4 vols, London-New York, Routledge, 2019. Outras leituras:-M. Textor, Brentano's Mind, OUP, 2018.-U. Kriegel, Mind, Being, Value. Brentano's Philosophical System, OUP, 2018.-U. Kriegel ed., Routledge Handbook of Brentano and the Brentano School, London-New York, Routledge, 2018.-M. Porta (org.), Brentano e a sua escola, Loyola, 2014 Observação: todo o material bibliográfico será disponibilizado em arquivo PDF.
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- Terça-feira 14h-18h Objetivos e conteúdo do curso: O que é a mente? O objetivo geral do curso é investigar a origem histórica e conceitual da noção de mente na filosofia moderna, enquanto conceito que se desenvolve entre a psicologia... more
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O que é a mente? O objetivo geral do curso é investigar a origem histórica e conceitual da noção de mente na filosofia moderna, enquanto conceito que se desenvolve entre a psicologia filosófica e a teoria do conhecimento (epistemologia). O objetivo especifico é analisar, em primeiro lugar, o diferente sentido de mente entre o racionalismo e o empirismo, de Descartes a Hume. Abordaremos o problema de se o conhecimento humano precisa de uma ferramenta separada da experiência sensível ou, ao contrário, condicionada pela experiência mesma. No primeiro caso, o curso explicará os princípios de uma metafisica da mente de Descartes a Hegel.
No secundo caso, o curso analisará a constituição de uma psicologia da mente, de Locke a Condillac.
Em segundo lugar, o curso questionará o problema da realidade do sujeito da experiência: a capacidade da consciência de reconhecer suas percepções e estados mentais como um todo unitário-ou - o que chamamos o eu - é a origem e a condição de nossa experiência ou o seu resultado final?
Partindo deste problema especifico, nesta parte do curso buscaremos expor a transformação do conceito de mente, do projeto de filosofia transcendental de Kant até o surgimento da fenomenologia de Brentano e Husserl.
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O que é a mente? O objetivo geral do curso é investigar a origem histórica e conceitual da noção de mente na filosofia moderna, enquanto conceito que se desenvolve entre a psicologia filosófica e a teoria do conhecimento (epistemologia). O objetivo especifico é analisar, em primeiro lugar, o diferente sentido de mente entre o racionalismo e o empirismo, de Descartes a Hume. Abordaremos o problema de se o conhecimento humano precisa de uma ferramenta separada da experiência sensível ou, ao contrário, condicionada pela experiência mesma. No primeiro caso, o curso explicará os princípios de uma metafisica da mente de Descartes a Hegel.
No secundo caso, o curso analisará a constituição de uma psicologia da mente, de Locke a Condillac.
Em segundo lugar, o curso questionará o problema da realidade do sujeito da experiência: a capacidade da consciência de reconhecer suas percepções e estados mentais como um todo unitário-ou - o que chamamos o eu - é a origem e a condição de nossa experiência ou o seu resultado final?
Partindo deste problema especifico, nesta parte do curso buscaremos expor a transformação do conceito de mente, do projeto de filosofia transcendental de Kant até o surgimento da fenomenologia de Brentano e Husserl.
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Quarta-feira 14h-18h- O objetivo geral do curso è investigar a origine histórica e conceitual da fenomenologia enquanto teoria general da experiência e do conhecimento. O objetivo especifico è analisar o fio condutor da intencionalidade... more
Quarta-feira 14h-18h- O objetivo geral do curso è investigar a origine histórica e conceitual da fenomenologia enquanto teoria general da experiência e do conhecimento. O objetivo especifico è analisar o fio condutor da intencionalidade da mente da Aristóteles, Tomas de Aquino e Descartes até Brentano e o "primeiro" Husserl. Procure-se abordar a contribuição da fenomenologia para problemas da filosofia atual, sobretudo no que diz respeito à relação entre estados mentais e estados do coisas no mundo. Nesta linha de pesquisa, abordam-se os problemas centrais da fenomenologia sob o ponto de vista histórico e sob o aspecto conceptual, destacando-se autores como Twardowski, Meinong, Reinach, Ingarden e outros. A oposição entre realismo e idealismo è um dos conteúdos centrais, assim como a diferença entre Husserl e Frege. De Husserl o curso analisará com especial ênfase à obra Logische Untersuchungen (Investigações Lógicas) (1900-1901).
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The relationship between philosophy and psychology is one of the most central matter of the history of modern philosophy. In this course post-graduate students and Ph.D. candidates will cover the key issues in modern philosophy of mind... more
The relationship between philosophy and psychology is one of the most central matter of the history of modern philosophy. In this course post-graduate students and Ph.D. candidates will cover the key issues in modern philosophy of mind while also learning to think for themselves and develop their own answers to the core questions in this field. This course aims to analyse a central question in modern philosophy: What are the sources of knowledge? Do we really have any knowledge? What is the relationship between psychology and epistemology ? This course will take into account psychological questions from Descartes, Locke, Hume, Kant to Brentano, Wundt, and 20thcentury philosophy of psychology.
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In this paper, I shall investigate the historical context and the origin of Husserlian concept of monad as an effect of the main reception of Lebniz's monadology in the 19th century German philosophy. My aim is to suggest that one can... more
In this paper, I shall investigate the historical context and the origin of Husserlian concept of monad as an effect of the main reception of Lebniz's monadology in the 19th century German philosophy. My aim is to suggest that one can find a very first root of this Husserlian interpretation of monadology in the discussion that Brentano develops in the fourth chapter of the second book of his Psychology from an empirical standpoint, where he argues for the unity of consciousness but against the idea of monad as a simple entity. I divide my paper in three parts: after a presentation of the reception of Leibnitian monadology in the German historical context (Herbart, Bolzano, Lotze), I analyze the model of Brentanian anti-monadic consciousness and, finally, in the last part, compare this conception with the use of monad in Husserl's latest works.
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L'influence de la pensée de Malebranche sur la philosophie germanophone du XIXe siècle est oblique, subtile et souvent méconnue. D'une part, elle doit être étudiée en relation avec la réception du cartésianisme, de l'augustinisme... more
L'influence de la pensée de Malebranche sur la philosophie germanophone du XIXe siècle est oblique, subtile et souvent méconnue. D'une part, elle doit être étudiée en relation avec la réception du cartésianisme, de l'augustinisme post-luthérien et des certains courants chrétiens-platoniciens ; d'autre part, elle a été absorbée et corrigée par l'influence de Leibniz, le génie national du rationalisme, laissant peu de place au philosophe français. Cependant, il existe des traces importantes de l'influence indirecte de Malebranche, notamment en ce qui concerne la psychologie. Je présenterai deux cas qui représentent "l'ombre de Malebranche" sur la philosophie allemande : le premier cas est celui de la théorie de la volonté chez W. Wundt (1832-1920), le père de la psychologie, qui peut être interprétée comme une traduction en termes psychologiques du volontarisme théologique de Malebranche. Le second cas est offert par l'opposition entre B. Bolzano (1781-1848) et F. Brentano (1838-1917) sur la nature de la représentation mentale. Selon Brentano, une représentation est essentiellement un acte mental, alors que pour Bolzano, qui ne nie pas l'existence de représentations psychologiques, il existe aussi des "représentations en soi" qui sont objectives et existent indépendamment de notre conscience et du monde. Le concept de “en soi” (an sich) chez Bolzano est très proche de la doctrine malebranchiste de la “vision en Dieu” des idées. Je montrerai comment cette controverse reflète et développe la dispute entre Arnauld et Malebranche sur la nature des idées et le rôle significatif que ce débat a joué dans les Recherches Logiques de Husserl et l'origine de la phénoménologie, représentant un cas important de l'influence de l'épistémologie et de la psychologie à l'âge classique sur la philosophie contemporaine.
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II Encontro Nacional do Núcleo de Pesquisa e Estudos em Fenomenologia (NUPEFE), organização interinstitucional de colaboração entre o Departamento de Filosofia da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) e o Departamento de Filosofia da... more
II Encontro Nacional do Núcleo de Pesquisa e Estudos em Fenomenologia (NUPEFE), organização interinstitucional de colaboração entre o Departamento de Filosofia da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) e o Departamento de Filosofia da Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB)
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International Meeting organized by the Research Group on the Origins of Contemporary Philosophy, PU-SP Sao Paulo.