Action Network

The Action Network organizes a series of meetings in the philosophy of action and ethics, bringing together philosophers of action from a large number of countries. At each meeting there will be guests whose work is seminal on the topic. The aim is to facilitate exchange of thought. So rather than having a series of formal talks, the workshops are focused on discussion. The papers discussed at the workshop are distributed in advance to all participants of the workshop. No papers are presented at the workshops. After a short introduction by the respective author, each session is devoted entirely to the discussion of the paper.

In 2012, the Network’s precursor was founded under the title Praktisches Denken und gutes Handeln (Practical Thought and Good Action) as a 5-year DfG funded project (see here for the original website) directed by Dr. Thomas Hoffmann (University of Magdeburg), Dr. Matthias Haase (University of Chicago), and Dr. Tim Henning (University of Stuttgart). Since then, a group of people in the original DfG-Network decided to continue the cooperation. The Network has continued under a new guise with support from various institutions, most recently from the Humboldt Foundation.

The Action Network is currently organized by Matthias Haase (Chicago), Dawa Ometto (Leipzig), and Erasmus Mayr (Erlangen).

Table of contents:

• Members
• Forthcoming Events
• Past Events
  • Know How
  • Two-Way Powers
  • Agency and Time
  • The Conclusion of Practical Reasoning
  • Virtues and Rational Capacities
  • Action and Ability
  • Interaction
  • Being and Goodness
  • Practical Reasoning
  • Practical Knowledge
  • Action Explanation and Causality

Members

Forthcoming Events

The topic of the next Action Network meeting will be: Desire.

• Dates: July 13-15, 2023
• Location: University of Leipzig

Past Events

Know How

July 14-16, 2022
University of Leipzig
Program
Organized by:

• Dawa Ometto (Leipzig)
• Erasmus Mayr (Erlangen)
• Matthias Haase (Chicago).

Two-Way Powers

July 12-14, 2019
University of Leipzig
Program

Organized by Dawa Ometto (Leipzig) and Matthias Haase (Chicago).

For more info see here.

Agency and Time

July 26–28, 2018
University of Leipzig
Program
Organized by Dawa Ometto and Matthias Haase (Chicago).

For further info, click here.

The Conclusion of Practical Reasoning

Tenth Annual Auburn Philosophy Conference / Meeting of the Action Network
April 5–6, 2018
Auburn, AL

For further info, click here.

Virtues and Rational Capacities

7th Meeting of the Action Network
July 7–9, 2017
University of Erlangen
Program

Action and Ability

6th Meeting of the Action Network (DFGNetzwerk Praktisches Denken und Gutes Handeln)
July 7–9, 2016
University of Leipzig
Program

Interaction

5th Meeting of the Action Network (DFG Netzwerk Praktisches Denken und Gutes Handeln)
July 23–25, 2015
University of Leipzig
Program

Being and Goodness

4th Meeting of the Action Network (DFG Netzwerk Praktisches Denken und Gutes Handeln)
July 4–5, 2014
University of Leipzig
Program

Practical Reasoning

3rd Meeting of the Action Network (DFG Netzwerk Praktisches Denken und Gutes Handeln)
November 15–17, 2013
University of Stuttgart
Program

Practical Knowledge

2nd Meeting of the Action Network (DFG Netzwerk Praktisches Denken und Gutes Handeln)
April 19–21, 2013
University of Leipzig
Program

Action Explanation and Causality

1st Meeting of the Action Network (DFG Netzwerk Praktisches Denken und Gutes Handeln)
April 19–21, 2013
University of Leipzig
Program