[Notice of Postponement]

2020/02/28

The workshop "Reconsidering Husserl's Theory of Time: On the Aporia of the Theory of Reflection," scheduled for Saturday, March 14, has been postponed
due to the recent situation surrounding the novel coronavirus, in order to prevent infection among participants.
A new date for the event will be determined after observing how the situation develops.
We appreciate your understanding.

Overview: Husserl's reflections on time, for which he continued to write research manuscripts from his early to late periods, have been interpreted as relating to the limits of the phenomenological theory of reflection,

which uses the constitutive analysis of objects of consciousness as its method, particularly after the problem of the "enigma of the living present" (Husserl) was raised.

The leading proponent of this interpretation in Germany is Klaus Held, author of Lebendige Gegenwart (1966),

and in Japan, Keisuke Saito and others have built upon this interpretation to develop phenomenology into the philosophical problematics of post-structuralist French philosophy,

including figures like Emmanuel Levinas and Jacques Derrida (e.g., Keisuke Saito, "Shikō no Rinkai: Chōetsuronteki Genshōgaku no Tettei" [The Limits of Thought: A Thorough Investigation of Transcendental Phenomenology], 2000).

In recent years, Daisuke Sato (Okayama University) has vigorously countered these trends in works such as "Is the Problem of Reflection Really a Problem?

A Re-examination of Husserl's Early Theory of Time" (in "Tetsugaku" [Philosophy], no. 70, edited by the Philosophical Association of Japan, 2019).

We would like to hold this workshop to provide an opportunity for Sato and Saito to engage in direct discussion, and together with the participants, to reconsider what was happening in Husserl's phenomenology,

what should be considered the problem, and what the scope and potential for development of that problem are.

The workshop will be moderated by Genki Uemura (Okayama University), who has been a driving force in the flourishing of phenomenological research in contemporary Japan through activities such as the Husserl Study Group.

The workshop will begin with 40-minute presentations by Sato and Saito. After a break, the latter hour will be entirely devoted to discussion between the presenters

and the audience.