Moral psychology in German Enlightenment philosophy (November 2025)

List of Speakers

Heikki Haara (Helsinki)
Pufendorf and the problem of motivation

Frank Grunert (Halle-Wittenberg)
New invention of a science to recognise other people's minds; Practicing moral psychology in the work of Christian Thomasius

Michael Walschots (Milan)
Wolff on weakness of will

Sara di Giulio (Tübingen)
Ethica blandiens. Baumgarten's moral-psychological foundation of ethics and its critique by Kant

Sonja Schierbaum (Würzburg)
Rational desire and moral motivation in Crusius

Daniel Eggers (Regensburg)
Beyond respect: How to be an affectivist about moral motivations in Kant

Travel information

Regensburg is situated in the south-eastern part of Germany and easily accessible by train and plane. With the Albrecht Dürer Airport in Nuremberg and the Franz Josef Strau? Airport in Munich, two of Germany’s biggest airports are only about a one hour-train ride away (The train ride from Frankfurt Airport is a little longer, approx. 3,5 hours in total.). Regensburg train station is served by both ICE and local trains and located 600m from the conference venue.

Accommodation

There are several reasonably priced hotels in Regensburg. The following ones are all located within walking distance from the train station and the conference venue:

Hotel am Peterstor, Fr?hliche-Türken-Str. 12 (https://hotel-am-peterstor.de/)

Hotel-Restaurant Wiendl, Universit?tsstr. 9 (https://www.hotelwiendl.de/)

Hotel Kaiserhof, Kramgasse 10-12 (https://www.kaiserhof-am-dom.de/)

Some of these hotels also offer family rooms. Moreover, there are two hostels in Regensburg which offer both domitory beds and family rooms/apartments and a private guesthouse which offers apartments.

Hostel am Ostentor, Ostengasse 12 (https://www.hostel-am-ostentor.de)

Youth Hostel Regensburg, W?hrdstr. 60 (requires membership in the International Youth Association) (https://www.jugendherberge.de/jugendherbergen/regensburg-262/portraet/

Ferienwohnung Schmid, Silberne Fischgasse 6 (https://www.schmid-regensburg.de)

The conference will not take place on the university campus but in a building called Altes Finanzamt which is closer to the hotels and the restaurants we plan to attend. The address of the conference venue is: Landshuter Stra?e 4, 93047 Regensburg. The conference room is on the third floor (room no. ALFI 319).