Program
The First Joint Meeting of the Philosophy and Religion Society of Thailand and the Philosophical Association of the Philippines
26-27 July 2019
Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University
Friday, 26 July 2019
Room 401/18 Mahachakri Building, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University
8.00 – 9.00 Registration
9.00 – 9.15 Opening Speech
Luca Scarantino, President, Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie (FISP)
9.15 – 10.15 Keynote 1: Freudian Psychoanalysis and Indian Traditions
Pankaj Jain, University of North Texas
10.15 – 10.30 Break
10.30 – 11.00 An Exploration of Pun Thao Kong Belief in Thailand: Religious Attribution and Temples
Liu Yaoping, Mahidol University
11.00 – 11.30 Persons and Love in Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love)
Fleurdeliz Albela, University of Santo Tomas
11.30 – 12.00 Embodying Love and Friendship: Dissolving Boundaries between Cultures through Metta-Bhavana
Lisa Liang and Brianna K. Morseth, Dharma Realm Buddhist University
12.00 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 14.00 Metaphorically
Ben Blumson, National University of Singapore
14.00 – 14.30 A Philosophical Elucidation of Posthumous Love as a Rational Virtue
Theptawee Chokvasin, Kasetsart University
14.30 – 15.00 For a Moment or For Eternity: A Metaphysics of Perduring Love
Jeremiah Joven Joaquin, De La Salle University
15.00 – 15.30 Filter Bubble and Knowledge in the Infosphere
Jerd Bandasak, Nakhon Sawan Rajabhat University
15.30 – 16.00 Break
16.00 – 16.30 Education towards “Dialogue of Cultures” in the Context of Axiological Pluralism
Rudolf Dupkala, University of Zilma, Slovakia and Marian Ambrozy, International School of Management ISM Slovakia in Preslov, Slovakia
16.30 – 17.00 For Love of the Furry Kind: Animal Diplomacy and Friendship Across Borders
Mira T. Reyes, University of Parbudice
17.00 – 17.30 The Hegemony of Mass Media and the Reshaping of Democracy
Tan, Alvin Ogilvie, University of Santo Tomas
18.30 – 21.00 Conference Dinner
Saturday, 27 July 2019
Room 304, Mahachakri Building, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University
9.00 – 10.00 Keynote 2: Confucius on Partiality of Love
Suwanna Satha-Anand, Secretary-General, Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie (FISP) and Chulalongkorn University
10.00 – 10.15 Break
Parallel Session 1 (Room 304) Chair: Joseph Martin M. Jose
10.15 – 10.45 John Hick’s Noumenal Real and Buddhism’s Sunyata
Zhao Xuan, University of Macau, China
10.45 – 11.15 Meng Zi, Kautilya, and Plato: Exploring Political Philosophy across Ancient Civilizations
Janflor McLouie S. Ullero, Technological Institute of the Philippines
11.15 – 11.45 Understanding Chinese Traditions Today: Two Strategies for a Global Context
Victoria S. Harrison, University of Macau, China
11.45 – 12.15 Towards a Confucian Ethics of Humane Online Relations
Joseph Martin M. Jose, De La Salle University
Parallel Session 2 (Room 303) Chair: Jan Gresil S. Kahambing
10.15 – 10.45 Aristotle’s Uses of ‘ἕνεκά του’ and ‘οὗ ἕνεκα’
Takashi Oki, Nagoya University
10.45 – 11.15 Culture of Peace: A Progressive Filipino Social Character
Mark Anthony N. Lataza, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Pasig
11.15 – 11.45 Schelling on the Problem of Evil
Nahum Brown, Sun Yat-sen University
11.45 – 12.15 The Agency of Forgetting in Nietzsche’s Dialectics of Promising
Jan Gresil S. Kahambing, Leyte Normal University, Philippines
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch
Parallel Session 3 (Room 304) Chair: Hazel T. Biana
13.30 – 14.00 Loving the Conflation Problem
Marilyn M. Guerrero, De La Salle University
14.00 – 14.30 On Love and Responsibility: Karol Wojtyla’s Critique of Utilitarianism
Peter Macabinguil, Foundation University
14.30 – 15.00 The True Self as Essentially Morally Good – An Obstacle to Virtue Development?
Matt Stichter, Washington State University
15.00 – 15.30 bell hooks on Love
Hazel T. Biana, De La Salle University
Parallel Session 4 (Room 303) Chair: Jove Jim S. Aguas
13.30 – 14.00 The Epismetic and Moral Divide: A Contextual Response to Daniel Fouke
Veniz Maja V. Guzman, De La Salle University
14.00 – 14.30 Spanish-Filipino Pedagogical Ethnicide and the Need for Multicultural Philosophy in the Philippines
Percival S. Paras, Far Eastern University
14.30 – 15.00 Is Love Blind?
Bernard Caslib, Ateneo de Manila University
15.00 – 15.30 The Many Sides of Friendship in the Filipino Culture: Preliminary Reflections
Jove Jim S. Aguas, University of Santo Tomas
15.30 – 16.00 Break
16.00 – 16.30 The Role of Migration, Love, and Friendship in Global Justice
Jeff Haines, Florida State University
16.30 – 17.00 Kant on Consciousness of One’s Own Thought
Pirachula Chulanon, University of Chicago
17.00 – 17.15 Concluding Words
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