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Conference Announcement Theme: Creating a Philosophy for the Future Type: International Conference Institution: Philosophy and Religious Studies Programme, University of Macau Location: Macau (China) Date: 16.–18.11.2017 __________________________________________________ Philosophy has emerged in many cultures, wearing many guises. Although certain ideas spread widely in pre-modernity, it is only relatively recently that it has begun to make sense to talk about a global philosophical culture in which thinkers can draw on the resources of a range of philosophical traditions, Asian and Western, to address the problems that concern them. This situation, which owes a huge debt to 19th and 20th-century scholarship in the history of philosophy, sheds new light on our understanding of progress in philosophy, the expansion of philosophical knowledge, and philosophy as an agent of cultural change. It also raises questions about the degree to which we can bring together insights and conceptual tools from diverse and independent philosophical traditions to form genuinely novel philosophical approaches that add up to more than the sum of their component parts. By showcasing the work of philosophers whose work has roots in both Asian and Western traditions, this international conference explores some of the ways in which boundary-crossing, post-comparative thought can contribute both to the expansion of philosophical knowledge and to the emergence of a global philosophical culture. Venue: University of Macau, Arts and Humanities Building E21, Room G035 Keynotes: Mikel Burley (University of Leeds) Gwen Griffith-Dickson (KCL and the Lokahi Foundation) Richard A. H. King (University of Berne) JeeLoo Liu (CSU, Fullerton) Geir Sigurðsson (University of Iceland) Robin Wang (Loyola Marymount University) Programme Thursday, November 16 (E21 Room G035) Session 1: Chair: Victoria Harrison (UM) 13.00-13.15 Victoria Harrison, University of Macau: ‘Creating a Philosophy for the Future’ 13.15-14.25 Keynote: Gwen Griffith-Dickson, King’s College London and the Lokahi Foundation: ‘What will equip us for the philosophy of religion of the future?’ 14.30-15.05 Steven Goldman, Portland State University, USA: ‘Global Philosophical Therapeutics’ 15.05-15.40 Angel Ting, Hong Kong Baptist University: ‘When Xunzi meets Susan Wolf: A Meaningful Life in the Xunzi’ 15.40-16.15 Coffee Break Session 2: Chair: Hans-Georg Moeller (UM) 16.15-16.50 Alice Simionato, Leiden University, The Netherlands: ‘The “Manifesto” of 1958: A Statement to the World on Behalf of Chinese Culture’ 16.50-18.00 Keynote: Robin Wang, Loyola Marymount University: ‘Embodied Critical Thinking: A Daoist History of the Future’ 18.00-18.45 Reception (E21 Learning Commons) Friday, November 17 (a.m. sessions in E21 Room G016; p.m. sessions in E21 Room G035) Session 3: Chair: Victoria Harrison (UM) 9.00-10.10 Keynote: R. A. H. King, University of Berne, Switzerland: ‘Looking backwards and forwards at Roles and Virtues’ 10.10-10.45 Edmond Eh, University of Saint Joseph, Macau: ‘Thomas Aquinas and Zhu Xi as Philosophical Exemplars’ 10.45-11.00 Coffee Break Session 4: Chair: Rhett Gayle (UM) 11.00-11.35 Hagop Sarkissian, The City University of New York, Baruch College and Graduate Center: ‘The Ethics of Personal Vibes: A Case Study from the Past and a Plea for Future Research’ 11.35-12.10 Christine Tan, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore: ‘Freedom Beyond Realism and Idealism: Re-visiting Guo Xiang’s Ontology of Zide自得’ 12.10-13.30 Lunch Break (E21 Learning Commons) Session 5: Chair: Nevia Dolcini (UM) 13.30-14.40 Keynote: Mikel Burley, University of Leeds, UK: ‘Creating a Philosophy of Religion for the Future: Cross-Cultural, Interdisciplinary and Radically Pluralist’ 14.40-15.15 Thomas D. Carroll, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen: ‘“Grasping the Difficulty in its Depth”: Wittgenstein and Globally-Engaged Philosophy’ 15.15-15.30 Coffee Break Session 6: Chair: JeeLou Liu (CSU, Fullerton) 15.30-16.05 Hannes Schumacher, Humboldt University Berlin, JNU New Delhi: ‘Affirmative Nirvāṇa: Transcultural encounters between Deleuze and Nāgārjuna’ 16.05-16.40 Mark L. Farrugia, The Chinese University of Hong Kong: ‘From Nihilism to Buddhism? Between Nishitani Keiji and Emil Cioran’ 16.40-17.15 Robert Elliott Allinson, Soka University of America: ‘Reconstructing Foundationalism’ 18.30 Conference Dinner (Mirimar Restaurant, Praia Hac-Sa, Coloane). Bus departs 18.10 outside postgraduate housing. Bus returns 21.00. Saturday, November 18 (E21 Room G035) Session 7: Chair: Hans-Georg Moeller (UM) 9.00-10.10 Keynote: Geir Sigurðsson, University of Iceland: ‘From Modern Ontologies of Youthfulness to Post-Modern Gerontologies’ 10.10-10.45 Benedict Chan, Hong Kong Baptist University: ‘Human Rights to Health, Ubuntu, and Confucianism’ 10.45-11.00 Coffee Break Session 8: Chair: Robin Wang (Loyola Marymount University) 11.00-11.35 Lucas Scripter, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen: ‘Moral Theory and Cross-Cultural Philosophy’ 11.35-12.10 Paul D’Ambrosio, East China Normal University: ‘Ethics without Philosophy: Using Confucius as a Case Study’ 12.10-13.30 Lunch Break (E21 Learning Commons) Session 9: Chair: Geir Sigurðsson (University of Iceland) 13.30-14.40 Keynote: JeeLou Liu, California State University Fullerton, USA: ‘Confucian Robotic Ethics’ 14.45-15.15 Rhett Gayle, University of Macau: ‘Writing Poetry in a Language which we do not yet Speak’ 15.15-15.30 Coffee Break Session 10: Chair: Mikel Burley (University of Leeds) 15.30-16.05 Gabriella Stanchina, Fudan University, Shanghai: ‘The multi-layered meaning of self: a comparison between Mou Zongsan and Novalis about the question of self-consciousness’ 16.05-16.40 Angus McBlane, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, India: ‘Intertwining Phenomenology and Cārvāka/Lokāyata: Exploring the viability of Posthumanism as a Method for Global Philosophy’ 16.40-17.00 Victoria Harrison, University of Macau: Concluding discussion. Audience: All are welcome Language: English Contact: Professor Victoria Harrison Philosophy and Religious Studies Programme University of Macau Room 4101a, Humanities and Social Sciences Building (E21) Avenida da Universidade, Taipa Macau China Phone: +853 8822-4768 Email: fah.philoso...@umac.mo Web: https://fah.umac.mo/philosophy/cpf/ __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __________________________________________________
