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Action Theory in Philosophy and the Social Sciences
July 19 - July 20, 2009
National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
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In this seminar we will discuss a representative sampling of important work in the philosophical and social scientific literature on action and agency. The problem of action has been of crucial importance in philosophy and social theory since the late 18th century. But unfortunately the discussions in different disciplines and schools of thought have often gone on independent of each other. The discipline of economics, for example, has mostly been dominated by a model of rational choice. Related models of instrumental, strategic or utilitarian agency have also been important in other social-scientific disciplines, although sociology has mostly been based on ideas about normatively oriented action. For the German intellectual tradition with its strong emphasis on hermeneutics the model of action as expression, inaugurated by Herder, has been particularly important. In America for a long time the pragmatist understanding of action as creative was hegemonic. Revitalizations of the Aristotelian understanding of action (e.g. in the work of Hannah Arendt and Cornelius Catoriadis) or new approaches like the theory of communicative action (Jürgen Habermas) add to the enormous diversity of the field.
Complete description and details at:
http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/sias/comparative.htm
The program will cover the cost of travel, meals, lodging, and texts for both the United States and European meetings. Fellows will also be rewarded a stipend of $600 for the workshop taking place in the United States as well as €500 for the workshop in Europe.
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U.S. CANDIDATES SHOULD ADDRESS QUERIES AND
APPLICATIONS TO:
SIAS Summer Institutes
Richard R. Schramm
Vice President for Education Programs
National Humanities Center
7 Alexander Drive
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2256, USA
Tel.: 919-549-0661
EUROPEAN CANDIDATES SHOULD ADDRESS QUERIES AND APPLICATIONS TO:
SIAS Summer Institutes
Petria Saleh
Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin
Wallotstrasse 19
D-14193
Berlin, Germany
Tel.: +49 30 / 89001 - 158
E-mail: petria.saleh@wiko-berlin.de
Email: rschramm@nationalhumanitiescenter.org
Visit the website at http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/sias/actiontheory.htm
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