2nd CPWP Conference

The CPWP Society emphasizes (but is not limited to) the constructive engagement of distinct approaches and resources from different philosophical traditions (whether distinguished culturally or by style/orientation) or from (ancient) philosophical tradition and contemporary scholarship (philosophy or other intellectual pursuits). We inquire into how these traditions can talk to and learn from one another.

We are also interested in how these traditions can make joint contributions to the contemporary development of philosophy through treating a range of (perennial, existing or newly identified) issues of philosophical value and significance that can be jointly concerned and approached via appropriate philosophical interpretation and from a higher and/or broader philosophical vantage point.

The academic activities organized by the Society are expected to be on topics and contents that can be philosophically interesting to its general membership and in view of the CPWP mission and emphasis, instead of being only locally interesting to ones working merely in one tradition or merely on historical/descriptive topics.

The conference is jointly organized with the MA Program in Philosophy and Religion, International Buddhist Studies College, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University

Program of the Conference

April 25, 2025

All time shown is Thailand time GMT +7

9.00 – 9.05                      Opening

9.05 – 9.45                      “Phenomenology of perception: Buddhist and Husserl’s perspective,” by Ven. Sompong Gunakaro

9.45 – 10.25                   “Comparative Philosophy: Western and Indian  Perspective on Philosophy of Language,” by Prof. Panneerselvam Sivanandam

10.25 – 11.05                 “AI Agent, Buddhism, and Spinoza,” by Soraj Hongladarom

May 2, 2025

9.00 – 10.30                   Panel on “Cross-Tradition Engagement: Are We Talking about the Same Thing?,” Panellists: Bo Mou, Soraj Hongladarom

                                          Paper by Bo Mou: “How it is possible for different traditions with distinct ultimate realities to have common metaphysical bases for cross-tradition engagement: a refined characterization of a variety of sameness in view of a recent enhanced account of relative identity”

                                          Paper by Soraj Hongladarom: “Response to Mou”

10.30 – 11.00                 Questions and Discussion

May 9, 2025

9.00 – 9.40                      “Logical Analyses Of Vipassanā Meditation,” by C. P. Hertogh

9.40 – 10.20                   “Google, ChatGPT, Questions of Omniscience and Wisdom,” by Klairung Iso and Frank Hoffman

10.20 – 11.00                 “Process Thought, Perfect Being Theism, and Buddhism,” by Frank Hoffman, Ven. Sompong Gunakaro, and Soraj Hongladarom

May 16, 2025

9.00 – 9.40                      “Global Moral Consciousness and the Comparative Theory of Final Values,” by Yury Tikhonravov

9.40 – 10.20                   “The Feminine Spectrum: Bridging Indian Spirituality and Western Gender Theories,” by Anupriya Kumari

May 23, 2025

9.00 – 9.40                      “Reconciliation of Eastern and Western ways of Reasoning through Intuitionist Logic,” by Antonino Drago

9.40 – 10.20                   “Concepts of Gender Affirming Surgery, Anattā, and Kamma,” by Bhikkhuni Huynh Thi My Hanh

Attendance is free of charge, but please disclose your real name when you log in to Zoom.

Zoom link for all the sessions: https://chula.zoom.us/j/97799895513?pwd=pHPtbLrb8cskUramKTuA9QLlaKkbJY.1