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This is the eighth session that the (PPRG) in conjunction with the Department of Philosophy will organise throughout this academic year 2015/16. The session will be led by , who has recently finished an M.A. in Contemporary Western Philosophy.

This talk will be partly an exposition of Robert’s MA thesis on Husserl's phenomenology, focusing on the issue of subjectivity and intersubjectivity, and partly dealing with his ongoing interest in theology and metaphysics. Robert will present the notion of the self as being a ‘relational self’, which can be understood in light of the three-fold relationship between the experiencer, the experience and that which is experienced – embraced in both Husserl’s project and the notion of the Divine Trinity.

This approach seeks to overcome the notion of an isolated self, excluded from existence, and, instead, point towards an understanding of persons in dynamic relation. This move opens the way for an anthropology that looks to persons-in-community for the essence of the ‘imago dei’ (the image of God).

The Philosophy Postgraduate Reading Group (PPRG) is intended for current and recent postgraduates, doctoral students and academics researching within or bordering the field of philosophy. The aim is to have a speaker lead a session, presenting one’s research or work in progress. The speaker can also propose a text (10-20 pages) written by a thinker s/he is familiar with or has written a dissertation about, which the group will then analyse and debate. Prior to the meeting, participants are expected to read any sources provided. Undergraduate students are encouraged to attend.

Rather than sticking to one philosophical perspective, this reading group enables a fruitful and stimulating engagement with a vast array of conceptual tools, enriching the analysis of issues which have dominated the history of thought and which are still of great relevance to the present.