What do we mean when we say something "exists"? Kant famously argued that we cannot mean a property of things, for then – implausibly on his view – it would be possible to demonstrate God's existence by purely a priori means. But if existence is not a property, what then is it? The AHRC and DFG funded research project Existence After Kant (Mark Textor, King's & Dolf Rami, U. Bochum) investigates answers to this question. In particular, we are looking at the today little known tradition of late post-Kantian thinkers like Johann Friedrich Herbart and Rudolf Hermann Lotze. The keynote speaker for this first project related workshop is Timothy Rosenkoetter (Dartmouth College).

This event is organised in collaboration with the History of Philosophy Research Cluster at King’s College London (KHOPS). The workshop will be held in person and it is open to all. To attend, please register no later than 14 November 2024.

Programme

• 16:00 - 17:15 Timothy Roesenkoetter (Dartmouth): Assertion and Existence in Kant
  – 10 min. Break –
• 17:25 - 18:40 Mark Textor + Leonard Weiss (KCL): Being Given: Herbart's Notion of Being