News at the Section History of Philosophy
Talk by Tuomo Tiisala
The History of Philosophy Department cordially invites you to a talk by
Tuomo Tiisala (University of Vienna)
When “Happy Positivism” Met “Politics of Truth”: Foucault on Inquiry
17 March 2026, 3:30 p.m., SR 09.53
Department of Philosophy, Heinrichstraße 26/V
For further information, please contact: johannes.friedl(at)uni-graz.at
Workshop Nikolaus von Autrécourt – An Attempt at Reassessment
Workshop occasioned by the publication of Herders Bibliothek der Philosophie des Mitelalters Bd. 62: Allgemeine Abhandlung gegen die Aristoteliker (edited, translated, annotated and introduced by Harald Berger) and the retirement of Harald Berger:
Nikolaus von Autrécourt – An Attempt at Reassessment
Friday, 17 October 2025,
in the GEWI meeting room, Universitätsplatz 3, ground floor (room number 0270)
10 a.m.: Ursula Renz: Opening words
Followed by: Harald Berger "Die Inkohärenz des Philosophen Nikolaus von Autrécourt"
11:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Lunch break
2 p.m.: Dominik Perler "Nikolaus von Autrécourts Probabilismus"
3 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m.: Theo Kobusch "Das Subjektive und das Objektive. Autrecourts Lehre von den Prinzipien der Erkenntnis und ihrer Objektivität"
Ursula Renz on Immanuel Kant (interview in the Kleine Zeitung newspaper)
On the occasion of Kant's 300th birthday, Ursula Renz was interviewed about the relevance of his philosophy, the role of reason, and the need to examine one's own prejudices. The article is available at https://www.kleinezeitung.at/kultur/stmk_kultur/18376786/immanuel-kant-wie-soll-man-leben.
Workshop: Franz Brentano: Philosophy and Biography
Workshop on the FWF project "The first comprehensive intellectual biography of F. Brentano" 13 & 14 March 2025
Location: Gewi meeting room, main building, ground floor
Thursday, 13 March: Philosophy
9:15 Welcome
9:30–10:15
9.30–10.15
Mauro Antonelli (Universität Milano Bicocca)
Wahrheit, Gewissen und Evidenz: Franz Brentano und Jaime Balmez
10.15–11.00
David Torrijos Castrillejo (Universidad San Damaso Madrid)
Die Rezeption der Scholastik in der Intentionalitätskonzeption des jungen Brentano
11:00–11:30
Coffee
11:30–12:15
Werner Sauer (Universität Graz)
Über die Einheitlichkeit des Seienden beim jungen Brentano
Lunch
14:00–14:30
Johannes Brandl (Universität Salzburg)
Did Brentano have a coherent metaphilosophical position?
14.30–15.15
Bernhard Ritter (Universität Graz)
The early Brentano on individuation and non-substantial individuals
3:15–4:15
Coffee break
16:15–17:00
Ion Tanasescu (Romanian Academy Constantin Rădulescu-Motru Bucharest) Brentano's philosophical programme and his empirical psychology
Friday, 14 March: Biography
10.00–10.45
Markus Rieger-Roschitz (Universität Graz) Christian Brentano – Leben und Glaube
10.45–11.30
Thomas Binder (Universität Graz)
Das Verhältnis des jungen Brentano zu Ultramontanismus und Neuscholastik
Lecture: "Kant on moral character as a regulative principle"
Lecture by: Julia Peters (Heidelberg)
Time: 14 January 2025, 5:15 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.
Location: Institute of Philosophy, UR 09.51, Heinrichstraße 26/5, 8010 Graz
In his Critique of Practical Reason, Kant argues that good moral disposition or virtuous character are essential components of what he describes as the highest good – the ultimate goal to which all human actors should aspire. However, the concept of disposition in the Critique of Practical Reason is fraught with epistemological and practical challenges; against this background, it is difficult to see how disposition can fulfil its intended theoretical and practical role. The lecture will show that Kant proposes a solution to this problem in his later work Religion within the Limits of Reason Alone: Here, Kant offers a conception according to which moral disposition is a regulative concept that functions as a model and orientation for individual moral decisions. According to this Kantian view, a virtuous character is essentially an ideal that we strive for, rather than a quality that we can affirmatively attribute to ourselves.
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Workshop discussion with Maxim Demin
The History of Philosophy department cordially invites you to a workshop discussion with
Maxim Demin (Ruhr University Bochum)
"Against German Idealism: Austrian Philosophy and Psychology in Russia in the First Half of the 19th Century"
28 November 2024, 5 p.m., SR 09.53
Institute of Philosophy, Heinrichstraße 26/V
For further information, please contact:
johannes.friedl(at)uni-graz.at
Andrea Kern: Kant on knowledge and experience, doubt and error
The History of Philosophy department cordially invites you to a guest lecture
"Kant on Knowledge and Experience, Doubt and Error"
by Andrea Kern (University of Leipzig).
The lecture will take place on 20 June 2024 at 5 p.m. in room UR 09.51.
For further information, please contact: oliver.toth(at)uni-graz.at
Recognition award for excellent dissertation supervision
Prof. Ursula Renz was awarded the Seraphine Puchleitner Recognition Prize for her outstanding supervision and support of doctoral students .
Congratulations to her and the other award winners!
Further information on the prize and the award ceremony can be found here.
Lectures in the context of 'Re-Import of Analytic Philosophy to German Speaking Academia'
As part of the FWF project P 34598-G, Re-Import of Analytic Philosophy to German Speaking Academia, the following lectures will take place:
THURSDAY, June 29, 2023
4.30 pm: Stefan Heßbrüggen-Walter - Canons of Austrian Philosophy: An Empirical Investigation
FRIDAY, June 30, 2023,
14.00: Thomas Uebel - The Neurath-Haller Thesis and the Return of Analytic Philosophy to Austria
The lectures will take place in the GEWI meeting room (main building, Universitätsplatz 3, ground floor). All interested parties are welcome!
Mark Sacks Lecture
The Department of Philosophy and the European Journal of Philosophy invite the Mark Sacks Lecture 2023.
This year's speaker: Prof. Dr. Miranda Fricker (NYU)
Title: A Project of 'Impure' Enquiry - Williams' Historical Self-Consciousness
Date: June 16, 2023, 4:30 pm
Location: University of Graz, HS 10.01 (Heinrichstraße 28/EG)
