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Conference Announcement Theme: Conceptions of Personhood and Their Limits Subtitle: Inter/Transcultural Explorations Type: International Conference Institution: University of Cologne Society for Intercultural Philosophy (SIP) Location: Cologne (Germany) Date: 18.–19.7.2011 __________________________________________________ The concept of personhood is pivotal to many philosophical debates and has been extensively explored from many perspectives. However, a cross-cultural philosophical examination of the issues at stake still has a long way to go. In an attempt to fill up this lacuna, this conference seeks to bring together philosophical positions from the Asian and European context. Given that the close relation between the descriptive and normative dimensions of personhood has played a vital role in the trajectory of this concept, the conference will take this aspect as its point of departure. Without privileging a particular metaphysical or epistemic standpoint, it will focus on those views in both the traditions which attempt to link up these dimensions. Furthermore, the reconstruction of individual positions will emphasize whether and how these positions can be implemented to advance cross-cultural deliberations on personhood. Venue: Universität zu Köln Tagungsraum des neuen Seminargebäudes Albertus-Magnus-Platz, 50923 Köln Program: July 18, 2011 02.00 - 02.30 pm Prof. Dr. Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach: Opening remarks 02.30 - 03.15 pm Prof. Dr. Ram Adhar Mall: How to save personhood between the two extremes of substantialism and flux? 03.15 - 04.00 pm Prof. Dr. Claudia Bickmann: Kant’s theory of a person: Mediating between the empirical and the transcendental self Break 04.30 – 05.15 pm Dr. Jayendra Soni: The Jaina concept of self 05.15 - 06.00 pm Prof. Dr. Ryōsuke Ōhashi: Die Person als die Leere: Eine buddhistische Sicht 06.00 - 07.00 pm Prof. Dr. Shubhada Joshi: Lokayata’s two-fold model of purushartha and their conception of the self July 19, 2011 Time to be defined Prof. Dr. Ulrike Niklas: Kotikkavi: Pasu im Kontext von pati und pasa 09.30-10.15 pm Evrim Kutlu, MA: Hegel: Self-consciousness and intersubjectivity 10.15-11.00 pm PD Dr. Hermann-Josef Scheidgen: Freedom and the self in Sartre Break 11.30-12.15 pm Viktoria Burkert, MA: Levinas and the ethical dimension of personhood 12.15-1.00 am Radhakrishnan Pillai, MA: Concept of statesman as a person in ‘Arthasastra’ Break 02.30-3.15 am Prof. Dr. Meenal Katarnikar: Concept of pramāla and the buddhist theory of a person 03.15-4.00 am Prof. Dr. Volker Beeh: Annatta, Emptiness and Altruism Break 04.30-5.15 am Prof. Dr. Guo Yi: Between freedom and destiny. Aspects of tian and person in early Confucianism 05.15-5.45 am Closing remarks Dinner Contact: GIP e.V. z. Hd. Frau Karin Farokhifar Deutz-Mülheimer-Str. 262 a D-51063 Köln Germany Email: [email protected] __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
