Alice Crary introduced at the occasion of the Steffens lecture 2024 at UIS; dinner

Yesterday evening I introduced Alice Crary when she gave the Steffens lecture 2024 at University of Stavanger, "All justice is animal justice". The event was well attended, with some 2-300 people attending in person. The lecture was also recorded and will later be made available online. 

Photo credit: University of Stavanger

After the lecture I joined Alice and some others, including University of Stavanger rector Klaus Mohn, for dinner at Bellies, a top-notch local vegan restaurant.

Partaking in 4 events in Stavanger and Oslo next week

I have been scheduled to take place in three more events next week, in addition to Dyreetikkonferansen 2024 (Wednesday November 20, Oslo):

Langsikt-seminar: Hvordan få mest mulig velferd for pengene, med Morten Tønnessen (Oslo, Thursday November 21, 2024) - takes place at 12.00-13.30 at Mech, Nationaltheatret

Academic seminar: Ethics in a time of animal crisis (University of Stavanger, Friday November 22, 2024) - takes place at 10.00-13.00 at University of Stavanger  

Steffens-forelesningen 2024, by Alice Crary: "All justice is animal justice" (University of Stavanger, Thursday November 21, 2024) - takes place at University of Stavanger at 18.00-20.00; I have been asked to introduce her

Introduction to the Special Issue ‘Umwelt Theory and Phenomenology’ (Biosemiotics) published online

The introduction to the special issue of Biosemiotics ‘Umwelt Theory and Phenomenology’, written by Carlo Brentari and me, has just been published online.

Reference:

Carlo Brentari and Morten Tønnessen 2024. Introduction to the Special Issue ‘Umwelt Theory and Phenomenology’. Editorial. Biosemiotics. Published online July 19th 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12304-024-09583-w 

Abstract:

This introduction to the special issue “Umwelt Theory and Phenomenology” is composed of a brief theoretical introduction to phenomenology seen as a key attitude of philosophical research, an investigation of the possibilities offered by a combined application of phenomenology and biosemiotics, and an overview of the articles that are included in the special issue. The theoretical introduction stresses the possibility of distinguishing, within phenomenology, between approaches centred on the object (in other terms, the phenomenon), and subject-centred approaches which have emerged in the wake of Kantian transcendental idealism. The connection with biosemiotics is explored for both kinds of approaches, showing how Uexküll, and many other scholars after him, have used phenomenological tools and perspectives in the study of biological meaning and meaning-making processes. For each article in the collection, the overview of the articles indicates one or two points that we believe are of the greatest interest for the reader.

Ex.Phil. introduced to 200 students

On Monday 18th of August I introduced the course Examen Philosophicum to some 200 students at University of Stavanger's Department of social studies (ca. 15 minutes x 2). The students study child welfare and social work respectively (bachelor).

To write introduction to Brentari's monograph on Uexküll

I have been asked (by Marcello Barbieri, who is the book series editor along with Jesper Hoffmeyer), and agreed, to write the introduction chapter to Carlo Brentari's forthcoming monograph on Uexküll, which is entitled Jakob von Uexküll. The discovery of the Umwelt between biosemiotics and theoretical biology. An Italian version of the book already exist, this book, which will appear in Springer's Biosemiotics book series, is a translation from Italian. I will write the introduction at some point next year.