Action Network

The Action Network organizes a series of meetings in the philosophy of action and ethics. It brings together philosophers of action from a variety of countries, primarily from Europe, the UK, the US, Canada, and Israel. 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). After the first seven meetings, a group of people in the original DfG-Network decided to continue the cooperation. Since then, the Network has continued under a new guise, with support from various institutions, most recently from the Humboldt Project.

Organization

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

MEMBERS:

Maria Alvarez (King’s College London)
Amichai Amit (University of Chicago)
Valerie Aucouturier (University St. Louis, Brussels)
Carla Bagnoli (Modena/Oslo)
Anastasia Berg (Cambridge University)
Jason Bridges (University of Chicago)
Fabian Börchers (FU Berlin)
Lucy Campbell (Oxford University)
Vanessa Carr (Universität Leipzig)
James Conant (University of Chicago)
Ursula Coope (Oxford University)
Timo Ertz (Universität Gießen)
Patricio Fernandez (Universidad de los Andes)
Luca Ferrero (University of California, Riverside)
Anton Ford (University of Chicago)
Jennifer Frey (University of South Carolina)
Wolfram Gobsch (Universität Leipzig)
Matthias Haase (University of Chicago)
Adrian Haddock (University of Stirling)
Arata Hamawaki (Auburn University)
Tim Henning (Universität Stuttgart)
Alec Hinshelwood (Universität Leipzig)
Sukaina Hirji (Virginia Tech)
Ulf Hlobil (Concordia University)
Thomas Hoffmann (Universität Magdeburg)
David Horst (Porto Alegre)
David Hunter (Ryerson University)
John Hyman (Oxford University)
Andrea Kern (Universität Leipzig)
Christian Kietzmann (Universität Erlangen)