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Phenomenology and Qualitative Research

The Society for Philosophical Anthropology cordially invites you to a lecture with Dan Zahavi (University of Oxford) on Phenomenology and Qualitative Research. The lecture takes place in Prague Creative Center (room No. 219) on May 7, 2019 at 6:30.

Annotation: Since its inception, phenomenological philosophy has exerted an influence on empirical science. But what is the best way to practice, use and apply phenomenology in a non-philosophical context? How deeply rooted in phenomenological philosophy must qualitative research be in order to qualify as phenomenological? How many of the core commitments of phenomenology must it accept? In my talk, I will criticize the approaches of van Manen, Smith and Giorgi, and propose some alternative strategies.

Dan Zahavi currently is probably THE most renown and worldwide most popular scholar in phenomenology, and sort of "philosophical celebrity". Most of his books have become referential and no serious work in the field of phenomenology can deal with its topics without mentioning Zahavi’s work. If there’s anyone, who nonetheless does not know Dan Zahavi, here’s a very short introduction.

Dan Zahavi is professor of philosophy and director of the Center for Subjectivity Research. Since 2018, he has also had a secondary appointment as professor of philosophy at University of Oxford. He’s mainly working on topics in the field of phenomenology, philosophy of mind, and cognitive science. He’s written on the nature of selfhood, self-consciousness, intersubjectivity, social cognition, temporality, sociality, shame, empathy and collective intentionality. He’s the author of a number of books including Husserl’s Phenomenology (Stanford 2003), Subjectivity and Selfhood (MIT Press 2005), The Phenomenological Mind together with S. Gallagher (Routledge 2008/2012), Self and Other (OUP 2014), Husserl's Legacy (OUP 2017), and Phenomenology: The Basics (Routledge 2019). I am co-editor in chief of the journal Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences.