Call for papers: Studia Phaenomenologica, Volume 28 (2028): “Phenomenology of Belonging”. Guest Editors: Bruce Bégout and Ovidiu Stanciu

While the concept of belonging does not constitute a central element of the theoretical framework of classical phenomenology, it nevertheless functions as an operative notion that several phenomenologists have drawn upon to articulate a specific dimension of our...

Ovidiu Stanciu, “The Truth of the Myth and the Movement of History”, in: Paul Marinescu, Ovidiu Stanciu (eds), Finitude and Meaning: Understanding History with Ricœur and Patočka, Zeta Books, 2026

Ovidiu Stanciu, "The Truth of the Myth and the Movement of History", in: Paul Marinescu, Ovidiu Stanciu (eds), Finitude and Meaning: Understanding History with Ricœur and Patočka, Zeta Books, 2026  

Maria Gyemant and Françoise Dastur, “Editors’ Introduction: Phenomenology and Psychopathology”, Studia Phaenomenologica, Volume 26 / 2026

Maria Gyemant and Françoise Dastur, "Editors’ Introduction: Phenomenology and Psychopathology", Studia Phaenomenologica, Volume 26 / 2026 Phenomenology was conceived by Edmund Husserl as the rigorous and objective science of subjectivity. Its aim is to explore...

Paul Marinescu, Ovidiu Stanciu (eds), Finitude and Meaning: Understanding History with Ricœur and Patočka, Zeta Books, 2026.

Paul Marinescu, Ovidiu Stanciu (eds), Finitude and Meaning: Understanding History with Ricœur and Patočka, Zeta Books, 2026. The question of history lies at the very core of the phenomenological project. This volume seeks to unfold and clarify its multiple dimensions...

Newsletter of Phenomenology – Number 654 (April 2026)

    Editor: Cristian Ciocan Editorial Assistant: Cristina Dumitru Please add new info to our online system here: New Publications New Events New CfP's Published in the current issue: Call for Papers Upcoming Events New Books & Translations Periodicals...

Bogdan Mincă, “Europe and Its Inheritance: Patočka and Heidegger on Plato”, in: Ion Copoeru, Alina Noveanu, Niels Weidtmann (Hg.), Europa – Zwischen Idee, Imagination und Wirklichkeit, Königshausen & Neumann, 2026.

Bogdan Mincă, "Europe and Its Inheritance: Patočka and Heidegger on Plato", in: Ion Copoeru, Alina Noveanu, Niels Weidtmann (Hg.), Europa – Zwischen Idee, Imagination und Wirklichkeit, Königshausen & Neumann, 2026.

Eveline Cioflec, “Leben in der Fraglichkeit. Zur Dezentrierung Europas”, in: Ion Copoeru, Alina Noveanu, Niels Weidtmann (Hg.), Europa – Zwischen Idee, Imagination und Wirklichkeit, Königshausen & Neumann, 2026.

Eveline Cioflec, "Leben in der Fraglichkeit. Zur Dezentrierung Europas", in: Ion Copoeru, Alina Noveanu, Niels Weidtmann (Hg.), Europa – Zwischen Idee, Imagination und Wirklichkeit, Königshausen & Neumann, 2026.

Cristian Bodea, “The Sublime in Politics. Marc Richir on the imaginary, symbolic, and real foundations of togetherness”, in: Ion Copoeru, Alina Noveanu, Niels Weidtmann (Hg.), Europa – Zwischen Idee, Imagination und Wirklichkeit, Königshausen & Neumann, 2026.

Cristian Bodea, "The Sublime in Politics. Marc Richir on the imaginary, symbolic, and real foundations of togetherness", in: Ion Copoeru, Alina Noveanu, Niels Weidtmann (Hg.), Europa – Zwischen Idee, Imagination und Wirklichkeit, Königshausen & Neumann, 2026.

Vasile Visoțchi, “Towards a Phenomenological Understanding of Disembodiment in Schizophrenia”, Husserl Studies, 2026.

Vasile Visoțchi, "Towards a Phenomenological Understanding of Disembodiment in Schizophrenia", Husserl Studies, 2026.  The aim of this paper is to analyse the experience of disembodiment in light of Husserl’s phenomenology. Given that disembodiment is characterized by...

Nicolae Turcan, “Ascetic Freedom and the Relationship Between Body and Emotions in Eastern Orthodox Spirituality”, Religions, 2026.

Nicolae Turcan, "Ascetic Freedom and the Relationship Between Body and Emotions in Eastern Orthodox Spirituality", Religions, 2026. This study proposes a theo-phenomenological reading of asceticism in Eastern Orthodox spirituality, with particular attention to the...

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Michel Bourdeau and Ion Tănăsescu, “Intentionality and the Classification of Phenomena and Sciences in Comte’s Cours de Philosophie Positive and in Brentano’s Empirical Psychology”. In: Brentano and the Positive Philosophy of Comte and Mill (De Gruyter, 2022)

Abstract The paper compares Auguste Comte’s and Franz Brentano’s views on the following issues: the classification of phenomena and of the sciences, the criterion of the fundamental division of phenomena and the change of method implied by it. It is argued that the...

Alexandru Bejinariu, “Descriptive and Intentional Contents. Considerations on Husserl’s Logical Investigations from Brentano’s Empirical Point of View”. In: Brentano and the Positive Philosophy of Comte and Mill (De Gruyter, 2022)

Abstract This paper develops a novel reading of Husserl’s critique of Brentano in Logical Investigations via the fundamental distinction between Brentano’s 1874 project of psychology as a positive, empirical science and his later descriptive psychology. I argue that...

Ion Tănăsescu, “Franz Brentano and Auguste Comte: The Theory of Stages and the Psychology”. In: Brentano and the Positive Philosophy of Comte and Mill (De Gruyter, 2022)

Abstract The paper develops and argues the following theses: (1) Brentano’s theory of the four phases of philosophy was designed independently of Comte’s law of the three stages of thought. (2) Brentano took considerable care to underline the correspondence between...