PhenCoCo is a trans-national community of researchers whose aim it is to explore the possibilities of dialogue(s) between phenomenological approaches to understand the mind, and the empirical and computational sciences of cognition. This gives us a wide range of topics and fields to draw from.
The colloquia are the presentations and discussions about specific topics, currently online on discord. We take time to think, since 2013, mostly Saturday´s from 12:00 on, so we can reach the quality desired in our talks. (Yes, we do love science, and use our saturdays for it, as well. ;))
The open regular´s tables are informal dinner discussions at Café Marral, Torstr.222, 19:00, roughly every second Wednesday. Please check eventlist.
Topics include science (humanities included), technology, digitalisation and society with regard to philosophical consequences. The participants in these events come from various theoretical and practical fields, which makes the events a hopefully stimulating experience.
Join the events on discord
The link expires every week and is renewed regularly. If disabled, just send an e-mail to info[at]phencoco.net to get access.
(You need an account, sorry. If you absolutely do not want to, let us know, we´ll find a way.)
Current Events
Colloqium #38
Propaganda - The fight for sovereignty of narration
Sep 27, 2025 at 12:00 pm CEST
Description
In co-operation with the discussion circle "Peace and security politics", run by the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung in Berlin,
we are pleased to invite you to discuss propaganda with us.
On the 17th of July25, this talk was given in the Rosa-Luxemburg Stiftung, in the discussion circle "Peace and … read more
Speakers
Auris–E. Lipinski: Auris-E. Lipinski is a studied philosophy teacher with experience in the tech industry, providing one-on-one lessons and tech-communication for … read more
Moderation
Rosalie Rothe: Rosalie Rothe is a physicist and project leader with experience in IT security and the governance of critical infrastructures. After studying Physics … read more
Open Philosophy Dinner #∞
Open philosophy dinner 02.10.25
Oct 2, 2025 at 7:00 pm CEST
Description
The open phil dinner or 'regular´s table' is an informal dinner occasion.
This time, we will recap Wolfgang Sohst´s lecture from August 23rd 2025.
This was a lecture on process ontology and specific versions of emergence.
We will extend the discussion on ontology, teleology and expand on the … read more
Colloqium #39
Alienated Intelligence: A Marxist Theory of Generative AI
Oct 18, 2025 at 12:00 pm CEST
Description
Generative systems like ChatGPT have been around for several years. Yet what these systems do and how they do it is still hotly contested. One position holds that they reproduce a semblance of human consciousness and that generative AI is a step towards human-like artificial general intelligence, … read more
Speakers
Max Schnetker