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Category: Epoché

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Epoché is a bimonthly reading group dedicated to close readings and discussions of the selected works in the field of epistemology, philosophy of biology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, and philosophy of technology.

Current Session

Jean-Pierre Dupuy, The Mechanization of the Mind: On the Origins of Cognitive Science (start: January 2023)

This reading group is a collaborative project organized jointly by the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana and the ERC-project “Possible Life” research group, University of Vienna.

Past Sessions

  • Maurice Merleau-Ponty, The Structure of Behaviour (Oct 2018 – Jan 2019)
  • Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Phenomenology of Perception (Mar 2019 – Feb 2020)
  • Kurt Goldstein, The Organism (Jun 2020 – October 2020)
  • Georges Canguilhem, The Normal and the Pathological (Jan 2021 – Apr 2021)
  • Alfred North Whitehead, Science and the Modern World (Jun 2021 –Oct 2021)
  • Helmuth Plessner, Levels of Organic Life and the Human (Jan 2022-Jul 2022)

Upcoming Sessions

  • Gilbert Simondon, Individuation in Light of Notions of Form and Information
  • Hans Jonas, The Phenomenon of Life
  • Immanuel Kant, Critique of Judgement
VI: Levels of Organic Life and the Human (Plessner) | Epoché

Epoché VI, Ep. 14: Levels of Organic Life and the Human, Chapter VIIb (Plessner)

Date: 8th July 2022

Presenter: Primož Vidovič

Chapter: VII. The Sphere of the Human (second half, 287-321) Continue reading Epoché VI, Ep. 14: Levels of Organic Life and the Human, Chapter VIIb (Plessner)

Eva Ilič | 16/07/202218/08/2022
VI: Levels of Organic Life and the Human (Plessner) | Epoché

Epoché VI, Ep. 13: Levels of Organic Life and the Human, Chapter VIIa (Plessner)

Date: 1st July 2022

Presenter: Primož Vidovič

Chapter: VII. The Sphere of the Human (first half, 267-287) Continue reading Epoché VI, Ep. 13: Levels of Organic Life and the Human, Chapter VIIa (Plessner)

Eva Ilič | 01/07/202218/08/2022
VI: Levels of Organic Life and the Human (Plessner) | Epoché

Epoché VI, Ep. 12: Levels of Organic Life and the Human, Chapter VIb (Plessner)

Date: 10th June 2022

Presenter: Phillip Hohenberger

Chapter: VI. The Sphere of the Animal (second half, 242-266) Continue reading Epoché VI, Ep. 12: Levels of Organic Life and the Human, Chapter VIb (Plessner)

Eva Ilič | 14/06/202214/06/2022
VI: Levels of Organic Life and the Human (Plessner) | Epoché

Epoché VI, Ep. 11: Levels of Organic Life and the Human, Chapter VIa (Plessner)

Date: 3rd June 2022

Presenter: Phillip Hohenberger

Chapter: VI. The Sphere of the Animal (first half, 219-242) Continue reading Epoché VI, Ep. 11: Levels of Organic Life and the Human, Chapter VIa (Plessner)

Eva Ilič | 05/06/202214/06/2022
VI: Levels of Organic Life and the Human (Plessner) | Epoché

Epoché VI, Ep. 10: Levels of Organic Life and the Human, Chapter Vb (Plessner)

Date: 17th May 2022

Presenter: Sebastjan Vörös

Chapter: V. The Organizational Modes of Living Being: Plants and Animals (second half, 196-218) Continue reading Epoché VI, Ep. 10: Levels of Organic Life and the Human, Chapter Vb (Plessner)

Eva Ilič | 20/05/202213/06/2022
VI: Levels of Organic Life and the Human (Plessner) | Epoché

Epoché VI, Ep. 9: Levels of Organic Life and the Human, Chapter Va (Plessner)

Date: 6th May 2022

Presenter: Sebastjan Vörös

Chapter: V. The Organizational Modes of Living Being: Plants and Animals (first half, 172-196) Continue reading Epoché VI, Ep. 9: Levels of Organic Life and the Human, Chapter Va (Plessner)

Eva Ilič | 08/05/202213/06/2022
VI: Levels of Organic Life and the Human (Plessner) | Epoché

Epoché VI, Ep. 8: Levels of Organic Life and the Human, Chapter IVb (Plessner)

Date: 8th April 2022

Presenter: Phillip Hohenberger

Chapter: IV. The Modes of Being of Vitality (second half, 144-171) Continue reading Epoché VI, Ep. 8: Levels of Organic Life and the Human, Chapter IVb (Plessner)

Eva Ilič | 10/04/202205/06/2022
VI: Levels of Organic Life and the Human (Plessner) | Epoché

Epoché VI, Ep. 7: Levels of Organic Life and the Human, Chapter IVa (Plessner)

Date: 1st April 2022

Presenter: Phillip Hohenberger

Chapter: IV. The Modes of Being of Vitality (first half, 115-144) Continue reading Epoché VI, Ep. 7: Levels of Organic Life and the Human, Chapter IVa (Plessner)

Eva Ilič | 02/04/202230/04/2022
VI: Levels of Organic Life and the Human (Plessner) | Epoché

Epoché VI, Ep. 6: Levels of Organic Life and the Human, Chapter IIIb (Plessner)

Date: 11th March 2022

Presenter: Christopher Donohue

Chapter: III. The Thesis (second half, 93 – 114) Continue reading Epoché VI, Ep. 6: Levels of Organic Life and the Human, Chapter IIIb (Plessner)

Eva Ilič | 12/03/202230/04/2022
VI: Levels of Organic Life and the Human (Plessner) | Epoché

Epoché VI, Ep. 5: Levels of Organic Life and the Human, Chapter IIIa (Plessner)

Date: 4th March 2022

Presenter: Sebastjan Vörös

Chapter: III. The Thesis (first half, 75 – 93) Continue reading Epoché VI, Ep. 5: Levels of Organic Life and the Human, Chapter IIIa (Plessner)

Eva Ilič | 05/03/202230/04/2022

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