Dear colleagues,

The ERC-project "The Normative and Moral Foundations of Group Agency" PI: Prof. Dr. Herlinde Pauer-Studer, in co-operation with Dean Prof. Dr. Hans Bernhard Schmid and Prof. Dr. Paulina Sliwa, Department of Philosophy - University of Vienna, is hosting the Brentano Lectures 2022:

„Franz Brentano Lectures on Practical Philosophy“ with Philip Pettit (Princeton University/ANU Canberra) on October 17-19, 2022, Erika-Weinzierl-Saal, University of Vienna, Universitätsring 1, 1010 Vienna


Day 1    Monday | October 17, 2022
16:00 (s.t.) – 16:15    Opening/Welcome
16:15 – 17:15    Philip Pettit (Princeton University/ANU Canberra) "Emergent Agency"
17:15 – 18:00    General Discussion

Day 2    Tuesday | October 18, 2022
16:15 – 17:15    Philip Pettit (Princeton University/ANU Canberra) "Modular Agency"
17:15 – 18:00    General Discussion

Day 3    Wednesday | October 19, 2022
16:15 – 17:15    Philip Pettit (Princeton University, ANU Canberra) "Turbulent Agency"
17:15 – 18:00    General Discussion

There will also be a joint lecture by Christian List (Ludwig Maximilians Universität) and Philip Pettit (Princeton University) on October 18, 2022, Lecture Room 3A (D0308, 3rd floor), Department of Philosophy,

Tuesday | October 18, 2022
09:30 – 10:30    Christian List (Ludwig Maximilians Universität) and Philip Pettit (Princeton University/ANU Canberra) "On the Idea of Consciousness in a Group Agent"
10:30 – 10:45    Commentary by Lars Moen (ERC Project "Group Agency") "The Mysterious Group Mind"
10:45 – 11:30    General discussion

All interested Department members and students are welcome. For participation please send an e-mail to: florian.kolowrat@univie.ac.at

Registration ends on October 10, 2022.

For further information, please contact herlinde.pauer-studer@univie.ac.at and florian.kolowrat@univie.ac.at