EPLab • Reading Group

João Faria e Silva on Farid Masrour

Phenomenal Objectivity and Phenomenal Intentionality. In Defense of a Kantian Account

The session will take place on October 28, from 11 am to 12:30 pm, and it will be hosted by João Faria e Silva, who will talk about the text “Phenomenal Objectivity and Phenomenal Intentionality. In Defense of a Kantian Account”, by Farid Masrour (in Uriah Kriegel (Ed.), Phenomenal Intentionality, Oxford University Press, 2013, pp. 116-136).


The sessions will take place online. To join the session on Zoom, click here.


If you want to host one of the sessions, to be included on the group’s mailing list or to receive the text that will be discussed, please write to joaolemos@fcsh.unl.pt. The session will be in Portuguese but questions can be made in English. All sessions will be recorded and will be available on IFILNOVA’s YouTube channel.

Next sessions
Nov 25, 11 am-12:30 pm – Sofia Estudante Ribeiro
Rainer Forst, “Moral Autonomy and the Autonomy of Morality: Toward a Theory of Normativity After Kant” (The Right to Justification. Elements of a Constructivist Theory of Justice, Columbia University Press, 2012, pp. 43-61).

Dec 16*, 11 am-12:30 pm – Reidar Maliks
Onora O’Neill, “Kant and the Social Contract Tradition” (Constructing Authorities. Reason, Politics and Interpretation in Kant’s Philosophy, Cambridge University Press, 2015, pp. 170-185).

*The session on Dec 16 will be in person and followed by a session of the EPLab Masterclass Series (org. Lisbon Kant Group, Francisco Lisboa):

Dec 16, 2-4 pm – Reidar Maliks
"Kant and the French Revolution"