The aim of this workshop is to give a panorama of new and on-going research on the concepts of “intention” and “intentionality” in medieval philosophy. Influenced by the Brentanian Tradition (and later by Phenomenology), medievalists have mainly focused on the noetic dimension of “intentional acts”, sustained by a reading of the commentaries of De anima, thereby giving a slightly too unilateral perspective on the concept of “Intentionality”. By replacing the concept of intentio in the various contexts in which it emerges (ethics, politics, grammar, logic, physics, etc.) and by exploring diverse sources (juridical, theological, etc.), our purpose will be to get a broader, maybe less univocal, understanding of the medieval concept of intentionality, better mirroring the richness and complexity of its diverse uses during the Middle Ages.

Seminar of the centre d’histoire des sciences & des philosophies arabes et medievales (CHSPAM) / Center Of History Of Sciences & Arab And Medieval Philosophies, Science And Philosophy From Ancient To Modern Age

Organisation : V. Decaix (University Paris 1, Gramata, UMR 7219), with the support of the Institut Universitaire de France

Presentation

The aim of this workshop is to give a panorama of new and on-going research on the concepts of “intention” and “intentionality” in medieval philosophy. Influenced by the Brentanian Tradition (and later by Phenomenology), medievalists have mainly focused on the noetic dimension of “intentional acts”, sustained by a reading of the commentaries of De anima, thereby giving a slightly too unilateral perspective on the concept of “Intentionality”. By replacing the concept of intentio in the various contexts in which it emerges (ethics, politics, grammar, logic, physics, etc.) and by exploring diverse sources (juridical, theological, etc.), our purpose will be to get a broader, maybe less univocal, understanding of the medieval concept of intentionality, better mirroring the richness and complexity of its diverse uses during the Middle Ages.

Program

First Part

Thursday April 15, 2021, 1:45pm–5:30pm, webconference

To attend the session, please request the link to the session before April 13, 2021at the following address: Veronique.Decaix@univ-paris1.fr

1:45pm Presentation

Chair: Aurélien Robert (CNRS, CHSPAM, SPHere, UMR 7219)

• 2pm–2:30pm Laurent CESALLI (Université de Genève) Intentionnalité et similitude -– quelques éléments austro-médiévaux
• 2:30pm–3pm José Filipe SILVA (University of Helsinki) Intentionality of acts vs intentionality of content in Late Medieval theories of Perception

3pm–3:30pm Discussion

3:30pm–3:45pm Break

• 3:45pm–4:15 pm Valérie CORDONIER (CNRS, SPHere) Au carrefour de la physique et de l’éthique : le praeter intentionem chez les lecteurs latins d’Aristote (c. 1250-1550)
• 4:15 pm–4:45pm Martin PICKAVÉ (University of Toronto) The Intentionality of Appetitive Acts

Chair: Cristina Cerami (CNRS, CHSPAM, SPHere, UMR 7219)

4:45pm–5:15pm Discussion

5:15pm–5:30pm Conclusion

Second Part

Friday September 29, 2021,

University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (provisional)

Morning (10am–1am)

• David BENNETT Why we need maʿānī: anticipating intentio in the Arabic tradition
• Elena BALTUTA (Humboldt-Universität Berlin) From Physical to Cognitive: Types of Intentionality in the Middle Ages
• Ana Maria Mora Marquez (Göteborg Universitet) Science et dialectique chez Raoul Le Breton

Afternoon (2:30pm–5:30pm)

• Charles EHRET (University Paris 1) Presentation of his book : Agir en vertu d’un autre. Thomas d’Aquin et l’ontologie de l’instrument, Paris, Vrin, 2021
• Martin KLEIN (Universität Wüzburg) Actus vitalis and Erlebnis: Pre-reflexive self-awareness in the late middle ages
• Anna TROPIA (Charles University Prague) On the side of Duns Scotus. How to conceive of assimilation?