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> June 2, 2011
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> Workshop on Metaphysics in Chinese and European Philosophy
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> Metaphysical Foundations of Knowledge and Ethics in Chinese and European
> Philosophy
> Location: Germany
> Workshop Date: 2011-06-24 (in 22 days)
> Date Submitted: 2011-06-01
> Announcement ID: 185631
>
> In the history of Chinese and European philosophy, metaphysics has played
> an outstanding role: it is a theoretical framework which provides the
> basis for a philosophical understanding of the world and the self. A
> theory of the self is well integrated in a metaphysical understanding of
> the totality of nature as a dynamic process of continuous changes.
> According to this view, the purpose of existence can be conceived of as
> the development and realization of the full potential given to the
> individual by its nature. In regard to human nature specifically, this
> idea of self-realization includes the development of all cognitive
> faculties as well as of the moral character.
>
> Metaphysics has, however, suffered a loss of importance in current
> debates, especially in ethics. As a result, we observe the emergence of
> such philosophical views as moral skepticism and even nihilism. The
> consequence of this tendency has been the renunciation of a claim to
> understanding and to providing a solid ground for ethics. Yet an
> intercultural dialogue can provide us with some hope as the consolidation
> of debates on crucial topics of our traditions might indeed serve as the
> basis for a more powerful philosophy in the future.
>
> Freitag, 24.06.2011
> 9:30 Adress of Welcome
> 9:45 Guo Yi (Beijing/Cologne): Dao and Daoic Philosophy – a General
> Introduction
> 10:00 Richard Stichler (Philadelphia) : Human Nature and Cultures of War
> 10:50 Hans-Georg Müller (Cork): Emotions and Morality in Confucianism and
> Daoism
> 11:40 Coffee Break
> 12:00 Sasa Josifovic (Cologne): Figurations (Morphomata) of Freedom
> 12:50 Paul Cobben (Tilburg): Recognition as Unity Between Theoretical and
> Practical Reason
> 13:40 Lunch
> 15:10 Günter Zöller (Munich): The Value of Knowledge and the Knowledge of
> Value. A Modernist Reply to Guo Yi
> 16:00 Tilman Borsche (Hildesheim): To Be Announced
>
> Samstag, 25.06.2011
> 10:00 Asuman Lätzer-Lasar (Cologne): The Guodian Manuscripts in Their
> Archaeological-Historical Context
> 10:50 Arran Gare (Melbourne): Daoic Philosophy and Process Metaphysics:
> Overcoming the Nihilism of Western Civilization.
> 11:40 Coffee Break
> 12:00 Christian Krijnen (Amsterdam/Tilburg): Rational Foundations of
> Knowledge and Values
> 12:50 Ralph Weber (Zurich): Making the Implicit Explicit – An Analysis of
> Some Comparative Claims in Guo Yi´s Discussion of Chinese and European
> Philosophy
> 13:40 Lunch
> 15:10 Andreas Speer (Cologne): What wisdom? On the (dis-)connection of
> metaphysics and ethics in Western philosophy
> 16:00 Chung-Ying Cheng (Hawaii): Onto-Generative Epistemology
> 16:50 Guo Yi (Beijing/Cologne): Summary
>
> Concept: Guo Yi, Sasa Josifovic, Dietrich Boschung
> Organisation & Contact: Sasa Josifovic (sasa.josifovic@uni-koeln.de),
> Asuman Lätzer-Lasar (asuman.laetzer@uni-koeln.de)
> Venue: Internationales Kolleg Morphomata, Center for Advanced Studies,
> Weyertal 59 (Back Building), Third Floor, 50937 Cologne
>
> Ivanka Klein
> Internationales Kolleg Morphomata
> Center for Advanced Studies
> Visitor's Address:
> Weyertal 59 (Back Building), Third Floor, 50937 Cologne
> Email: ivanka.klein@uni-koeln.de
> Visit the website at http://www.ik-morphomata.uni-koeln.de/
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