18. 6. 2026 - 20. 6. 2026
Dekatanatssitzungssaal | Seminarraum I (Karl-Rahner-Platz 1)
Organized by Bruno Niederbacher SJ & Winfried Löffler
Registration via christliche-philosophie@uibk.ac.at
18.6.2026 | Dekanatssitzungssaal (Theologie | Karl-Rahner-Platz 1)
18:30 – 18:40: Welcome & Introduction
18:40 – 20:00: James McAllister (Leiden):
Imagined Science: Thought Experiments and the Epistemic Role of Imagination
19.6.2026 | Dekanatssitzungssaal & SR I (Theologie | Karl-Rahner-Platz 1)
9:00 – 10:15: Gerson Reuter (Gießen):
Imagination: Remarks on Its Nature and Epistemic Roles
10:45 – 12:00: Daniel Dohrn (Milan):
The Versatility of Imagination. A Simulation-Based Approach
14:30 – 15:45: Federica Malfatti (Innsbruck):
Imagination as a source of religious understanding?
16:15 – 17:30: Ursula Baatz (Vienna):
Like a Dewdrop: On Images and the absence of images in Buddhist practice with a focus on Zen Buddhism
17:45 – 19:00: Ingrid Malm Lindberg (Uppsala):
Imagination as a mediating force – the historical case of alchemy
20.6.2026 | Dekanatssitzungssaal (Theologie | Karl-Rahner-Platz 1)
9:00 – 10:15: Bruno Niederbacher SJ (Innsbruck):
Ignatian Imaginations. An Epistemological Investigation
10:30 – 11:45: Nicolas Steeves SJ (Rome):
Right or Left to the Imagination? Revelation and Faith in a Realistic Catholic Theology
Please register via email at christliche-philosophie@uibk.ac.at.
Department of Christian Philosophy
University of Innsbruck
Karl-Rahner-Platz 1, 1. floor
A-6020 Innsbruck