Call for Papers: 19th-20th C. Austrian Thought and its Legacy
Dates: 11/01/2012
11/03/2012
Call for Papers: 19th-20th C. Austrian Thought and its Legacy
Department of Philosophy and Humanities, University of Texas at Arlington
November 1-3, 2012
We invite contributions for a conference on Austrian Thought at the turn
of the 20th Century. Philosophers of this period of the Austro-Hungarian
Empire—led by Franz Brentano—advanced myriad areas of philosophy and
innovative psychological research (e.g., Gestalt theory, the Graz School
of experimental psychology). Additionally, economists—led by Carl
Menger—set forth the theory of subjective value, which prepared the ground
for a new conceptual framework for economics. Together, Austrian
philosophers and economists collaborated on applications of the notion of
intentionality, value theoretical investigations, and the description of
social and psychological phenomena.
We seek innovative contributions that draw from or deepen our
understanding of the legacy of Austrian philosophy, Austrian economics, or
Austrian psychology and, preferably, show the interdisciplinary links that
connect the different subject matters that belong to the Brentanian and
Mengerian traditions. For the purposes of this conference, we are
demarcating the Brentanian tradition as that which starts with Brentano
and culminates in the work of the students of his students, such as Stein,
Reinach, Ingarden, Witasek, Leśniewski, Łukasiewicz. Similarly, for the
purposes of this conference we are demarcating the Mengerian tradition as
that which starts with Menger and culminates in the contributions of the
last generation of economists of this School who are Austrian nationals.
Suggested categories for papers are:
The Austrian tradition of psychology and philosophy of mind (e.g.,
Brentano, intentionality, idea, feeling, and desire, Gestalt, experimental
psychology, apriorism, inner consciousness, Hayek’s theory of memory and
the emergence of mind) and their influence in later developments in
philosophy, psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience
Social objects (e.g., law, music, literary works of art, fiction, value,
Reinach, Meinong, Menger, Hayek)
Stein and her description of empathy, and corroborating findings in
science, including research in neuroethics and neurophenomenology
Phenomenology (e.g., Husserl, mereology, intersubjectivity, constitution,
the Göttingen Circle)
Aesthetics (e.g., Musil, Kafka, Ingarden)
Polish philosophy and the Lvov-Warsaw School (e.g., Twardowski and his
students, semantics and truth)
The social ontology of the Austrian School of economics (e.g., Menger,
Hayek, apriorism, spontaneous orders)
Relations between the Brentano School (or the Austrian School of
economics) and the Vienna Circle
Relations between the Brentano School (or the Austrian School of
economics) and Wittgenstein
Relations between the Brentano School (or the Austrian School of
economics) and Freud
Deadline for Submissions: July 2, 2012
Abstracts may not be longer than 500 words and prepared for blind
reviewing by a selection committee. Enclose a separate file indicating
name, affiliation, and title of abstract. These files should be Word
documents only. Please send submissions to Gloria Zúñiga y Postigo
(gloria.zunigaypostigo@uta.edu).