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Program of Plenary Sessions
Philosophy Emerging from Culture
July 27-29, 2008, Seoul, Korea
July 27
4.30-5.00pm Registration (no fees)
5.00-5.30pm Opening
President of Soongsil University
Prof. Wonbin Park (Soongsil University)
Prof. Tomonobu Imamichi (President, International Society for Metaphysics)
Prof. George F. McLean (Organizer, Council for Research in Values and Philosophy)
Plenary Session I. The Dynamics of Change: What remains of modernity and why is it no longer adequate for philosophy
5.30-6.30pm
Chair: Prof. George F. McLean
Speaker: Prof. Tran Van Doan (Taiwan)
"The Totalitarianism of Rationality and the Crisis of Values"
Commentator: Prof. Edward Alam (Lebanon)
6.30-7.30pm Hermeneutics of the Transition to a Global Era
Chair: Prof. Tomonobu Imamichi (Japan)
Speaker: Prof. William Sweet (Canada)
"What Remains of Modernity? Some Remarks on Philosophy and Culture in the Transition to a Global Era"
Commentator: Prof. Marcelo Dascal (Israel)
7.30-9.00pm Dinner (given by the President of Soongsil University)
July 28
Plenary Session II. The Nature of Culture and its Potential as a Philosophical Source
9.00-10.00am The Subjective Turn
Chair: Profs. Abdumalik Nysanbaev/Rustem Kadyrzhanov (Kazakhstan)
Speaker: Prof. Manny Dy (Philippines)
"From Subjectivity to Intersubjectivity, The Subjective Turn"
Commentator: Prof. Wonbin Park (Korea)
10.00-10.15am Tea Break
10.15-11.15am The New Awareness of Values and Virtues as Cultures and Civilizations
Chair: Prof. Ouyang Kang (China)
Speaker: Prof. Karim Crow (Singapore)
"Muslim ReAppropriation of Value. Questions of Meaning and Adequacy"
Commentator: Prof. Musa S. Dibadj (Iran)
11.15-11.30am Tea Break
11.30am-12.30pm The Emergence of Philosophy from Culture
Chair: Prof. Pham Van Duc (Vietnam)
Speaker: Prof. Cheng-ying Chen (Hawaii)
"Developing Philosophy of Humanity in a Post-Modern Age / World"
Commentator: Prof. Yu Xuameng (China)
12.30-2.00pm Lunch Break (provided)
July 29
Plenary Session III: The Challenges and Opportunities for Philosophy in the Global Interaction of Cultures and Civilizations
9.00-10.00: Philosophy Expanded to and by Global Horizons
Chair: Prof. S.R. Bhatt (India)
Speaker: Cristal Huang (Taiwan)
“The Emplotment of Our Culture as a Way of Emerging Philsoophies"
Commentator: Prof. Gail M. Presbey (US)
10.00-10.15am Tea Break
10.15-11.15am Philosophy Deepened to Basic Meaning and Values
Chair: Prof. Gholamreza Aawani (Iran)
Speaker: Prof. Oliva Blanchette (US)
"Metaphysics and the Transcendence of Cultures"
Commentator: Prof. L.P. Singh (India)
11.15-11.30am Tea Break
11.30am-12.30pm The Search for a New Paradigm for Philosophy as the Integration of Radical Diversity of Persons and Peoples: Again, the One and the Many
Chair: Prof. Joseph C.A. Agbakoba (Nigeria)
Speaker: Prof. Sriwarakuel Warayuth (Thailand)
"Holistic Postmodernism: A New Paradigm for the Integration of the One and the Many"
Commentator: Prof. Pleman Makariev (Bulgaria)
12.30-2.00pm Lunch Break (provided)
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