Speaker: Emre Şan
In order to show the adventure of the difference matter in contemporary philosophy, we will first examine Kant's discussion with Cartesian philosophy and empiricism. After demonstrating the importance of the dialogue in question for the problem of difference, we will analyze the intellectual transformation of Husserl's phenomenological attitude. Phenomenology will broaden the horizons of the problem we posed in the first seminar as a new way of thinking about difference.
Emre Şan received his bachelor’s degree from Galatasaray University, and completed his master’s degree and doctorate at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Pursuing a post-doctoral research at École Normale Supérieur following his PhD, Emre Şan’s book on transcendence as a phenomenological problem was published with a preface by Renaud Barbaras (Paris, Mimesis, 2012). The author has published articles in national and international journals and book series, in Turkish, French, English and Spanish, as well as working as an editor in publications on Contemporary French Philosophy. He has been serving as a member of the editorial board of the periodical Cogito, and was awarded the Prix Mercier, presented biennially by L’Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL). Emre Şan is currently an Associate Professor at Istanbul 29 Mayıs University.