Speaker: Prof. Hans Sluga, Department of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley; Visiting Professor, Department of Philosophy, CUHK
Date: 12 March 2010
Time: 1700-1900
Venue: Multi-Purpose Room, New Asia College, CUHK
Organizer: (1) Hong Kong Society of Phenomenology, (2) Edwin Cheng Foundation Asian Centre for Phenomenology, CUHK
　
Oskar Becker (1889-1964) is a key figure in the history of phenomenology. After obtaining a doctorate in mathematics in Leipzig he studied philosophy with Edmund Husserl and in the 1920's served, together with Martin Heidegger, as Husserl's assistant and as editor of the Yearbook for Phenomenological Research. In his book Mathematische Existenz, published in 1927 in the same volume of the Yearbook as Heidegger's Being and Time, he sought to provide foundations for mathematics with the help of both Husserl's phenomenology and Heidegger's hermeneutics. Later on he sought to supplement Heidegger's analysis of Dasein with an account of Dawesen, a concept that was meant to capture the non-historical aspects of reality. In later years he worked extensively on problems of logic and the philosophy and history of mathematics. Becker also served as an important transmitter of Heidegger's thought for a post-Second-War generation of German philosophers, including most notably Juergen Habermas and Otto Poggeler.

Date: 18-19 December 2009
Time: 0900-1830
Venue: Room 210, Teaching Complex at Western Campus, CUHK

Speaker: Professor Thomas Dutoit, University of Lille 3, France
Date: 29 October 2009
Time: 1700-1830
Venue: Conference Room, Ch'ien Mu Library of New Asia College