Graduate Conference

For some time, Classical German and Early Analytic Philosophy seemed to represent two fundamentally different schools of thought. However, a more profound analysis reveals a continuity in their philosophical explorations. Both paradigmatic authors of Classical German Philosophy such as Kant and Hegel as well as pioneers of Analytic Philosophy such as Frege and Wittgenstein engaged deeply with questions about the nature of thinking, the role of language for thought, the feasibility of a science of logic beyond mathematical boundaries, and the complex interplay between thought and being.

The aim of the graduate conference is to promote dialogue between doctoral students and post-docs on the historical and systematic connections between Classical German Philosophy (especially the works of Kant and Hegel) and Early Analytic Philosophy (with special emphasis on Frege and Wittgenstein). The conference will focus on the continuing relevance of both traditions of thought for systematic problems in current philosophical discussion. Exemplary problems of this sort concern the nature of logic as a philosophical inquiry of thought beyond psychology and mathematical logic, the relation between the act of judgment and its content, and the integration between the forms of subjective thought and the objective world.

The conference is hosted by the Chair of Philosophy and History of Philosophy at the University of Stuttgart (Prof. Christian Martin). A number of senior scholars including James Conant (Chicago), Matthias Haase (Chicago), Nadine Moren (Stuttgart), Thomas Pendlebury (Chicago), and David Wörner (Stuttgart) will participate in the event as discussants.

The conference program will be published in mid-Mai. Young scholars interested in the conference topic are very welcome to participate as listeners and discussants.

To attend, please register before June 15, 2025 by writing to: marco-lorenz-seikel@gmx.de 

Organization: Sebastian Bürkle, James Conant, Christian Martin & Marco Seikel