Theme
Today,
economic models for development often raise new challenges. In
particular some educational models restrict people?s ability to
reach more deeply into the philosophical and social roots of
their cultural identities, and hence impede their application to
the issues of the times. This can slow progress and deaden the
creative imagination, while failing to protect against egoism,
social inequality and mutual antipathies.
Yet these challenges can also entail new
and unexpected opportunities as they call for the new vision and
commitment needed in order to navigate peacefully our changing
world. This, in turn, requires rethinking the place and role of
the various philosophical traditions with a view to their
enrichment and/or more appropriate and progressive application
in these times of global interchange. This calls urgently for
philosophical attention.
Such an effort needs to be a matter, not
of attenuating or abstracting from, the humanities and their
philosophical foundations, but of more fully appreciating and
bringing to bear, these cultural resources for facing present
challenges.
All this calls urgently for the creative
insight required for successful public life, which is the issue
for this conference. Hence papers are invited, especially on the
following issues:
- re-valuing the cultural and
philosophical accomplishments of one's civilization in order to
apply its meaning for life today;
- shaping the new values of our times in
ways that are able to promote the development of all;
- interchange between cultures and
civilizations; and
- educational models for uniting rich and
poor, city and countryside, self and others, past and future for
social progress in peace.
The Local Host of the Conference
The local host institute of the meeting will be the Department of Philosophy of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST). Professor Ouyang Kang, the director of Institute of Philosophy and the Vice President of HUST has rich experience and theories studies in the cross cultural communication and cooperation. Professor Gang Chen will be the academic secretary of the meeting.
Logistics
One page abstracts are due April 15,
2012; and full papers are due May 20, 2012; presentations will
be 20 minutes in length followed by 20 minute discussion; papers
for publication should be as developed as possible, with no
upper page limit and are due on October 10, 2012. There is no
application fee. Travel is to be covered by the participants or
their home institutions.
For further information please contact Professor Ouyang Kang: [kouyang@mail.hust.edu.cn] and Professor Gang Chen[mgchen@mail.hust.edu.cn], with copy to [cua-rvp@cua.edu], and provide the following contact information:
Name:
Scientific Degree:
Institute:
Email:
Title and Abstract of the paper:
