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Conference Announcement Theme: Conceptions of Personhood and their Limits Subtitle: Inter/Transcultural Explorations Type: International Conference Institution: Department of Philosophy and Department of German, University of Mumbai Department of Philosophy, University of Cologne Society of Intercultural Philosophy Location: Mumbai (India) Date: 22.–24.2.2011 __________________________________________________ The concept of personhood has a rich variegated past in various philosophical traditions, and it continues to play a pivotal role in contemporary debates. Today, philosophical inquiry on this topic focuses on certain key aspects like, what does it mean to be a person? How does one distinguish a person from a non-person? On the basis of which unique characteristics does one distinguish one person from another? How does one attribute a continuous identity to a person over time? If so, can she be held morally responsible for her actions because of her diachronic identity? What, further, constitutes the metaphysical nature of a person? Is she a metaphysically independent substance, or a dependent entity which is only an aspect of something else? Is she a process or, perhaps, even an event? There are sound reasons for carrying on the debate at such a highly differentiated level. Given the salience of personhood in ethics, however, such an analytical focus, could in the long run, lead to a hiatus between the constitutive characteristics of a person and the moral dimension of personhood. Since the history of philosophy is, in general, replete with positions which link the descriptive and evaluative dimensions of personhood, this international conference seeks to unravel and critically review such salient viewpoints in the Indian and European traditions. It would also like to initiate a dialogue with those related disciplines which deal with the contours of personhood in an inter/transcultural setting. Venue: 22. 2. 2011 & 24. 2. 2011: Department of Philosophy, University of Mumbai, Jnaneswar Bhavan, Kalina Campus, Santa Cruz (East), Mumbai 400098 23. 2. 2011: J.P. Naik Hall University of Mumbai, Kalina Campus Program: 22. 02. 2011 09.30-10.00: Shubhada Joshi (Mumbai) & Vibha Surana (Mumbai): Opening Remarks 10.00-12.30: R. A. Mall (Weimar/Cologne): Gadamer and intercultural hermeneutics (Presentation and text analysis) 12.30-14.00: Lunch break 14.00-16.30: M. Kirloskar-Steinbach (Konstanz/Cologne): Self and political freedom (Presentation and text analysis) 23. 2. 2011 9.30-11.30: S. Josifovic (Cologne): Subject, Person, and Personal Identity in German Idealism (Presentation and text analysis) 11.30-11.45: Coffee Break 11.45-12.30: M. Bhoot (Mumbai): Negotiating Identities: The Postcolonial Paradigm 12.30-13.30: Lunch break 13.30-14.15: R. Muthuswami (Delhi): Problematizing Personhood in Biochemistry 14.15-16.30: Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion: Conceptions of Personhood and their Limits - R. A. Mall (Intercultural Philosophy, Weimar/Cologne) - V. Surana (Intercultural German Studies, Mumbai) - K. Ganesh (Sociology, Mumbai) - K. Sridhar (Physics, Mumbai) - A. Pethe / N. Hatekar (Economics, Mumbai) - S. Hingorany (Practising Psychologist) - S. Deshmukh (Life Science, Mumbai) 24. 2. 2011: 10.00-10.45: S. Joshi: The Vedanta conception of personhood 10.45-11.30: M. Katarnikar: Personhood in Dinnaga and Ayer 11.30-11.45: Coffee break 11.45-12.30: G. Ramana: Consciousness and the pramanas 12.30-14.00: Lunch break 14.00am-14.45: A. Malik: Pramana: A Buddhist view 14.45-15.30: R. Pillai/R. Shetty: Chanakya's seven pillars of good governance 15.30-16.15: G. Sawant (Mumbai): Personhood in the cultural poetics of Angelus Silesius and Tukaram 16.15: Closing Remarks A joint cooperation of: - Department of Philosophy, University of Mumbai - Department of German, University of Mumbai - Department of Philosophy, University of Cologne - Society of Intercultural Philosophy Contact: Prof. Dr. Shubhada Joshi ([email protected]) Prof. Dr. Vibha Surana ([email protected]) Prof. Dr. Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach ([email protected]) __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
