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Annual Meeting Program

The 28th Annual Meeting of the

Philosophy and Religion Society of Thailand

Mahachakri Building, Faculty of Arts,

Chulalongkorn University

December 12-14, 2024

Program

Thursday, December 12, 2024

8.30 – 9.00          Registration

Room 401/5

9.15 – 9.45          Tarik Tijanovic, Against Dasgupta’s Naturalization of the PSR

9.45 – 10.15        Debopama Bose, Vitaṇḍā: A Futile Harassment or an Intellectual Exercise?

10.15 – 10.45      Saheb Samanta, Recognising Recognition: A Philosophical Interpretation of Pratyabhijñā

Room 401/8

9.15 – 9.45          Christine Carmela R. Ramos, Love, Non-Violence, and Harmony in Filipino Culture: Indigenous Perspectives and Their Cultural Significance

9.45 – 10.15        Tyler Dalton McNabb, The Shentong Tradition and Classical Theism: A Synthesis?

10.15 – 10.45      Frank J. Hoffman, Some Parallels between Buddhism and Wittgenstein

10.45 – 11.00      Break

Room 401/5      

11.00 – 11.30      Prateek Chaubey and Ranjan K. Panda, Inner Peace and Outer Engagement: Self-Knowledge in Epicureanism and the Bhagavad Gita

11.30 – 12.00      Rahul Biswas, The Mahabharata Through the Lens of Brahma Kumaris Knowledge: An Exploration of Inner Transformation and Spiritual Philosophy

Room 401/8

11.00 – 11.30      Thomas Rule, Homesickness and Homecoming: Heidegger and Our Uncanny Dwelling

11.30 – 12.00      Nahum Brown, The Philosophical Import of Possible World Fiction: Four Categories

12.00 – 13.00      Lunch

13.15 – 13.30      Opening Ceremony

13.30 – 14.30      Keynote

                            Prach Panchakunathorn, When to Bail Risk-Takers Out?: Alleviation vs. Cost-Bearing

Room 401/5

14.35 – 15.05      Qingxuan Wang, A Self-negating Negation: On Nāgārjuna’s Notion of Emptiness in the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (Chapters I, XXIV, and XXV)

15.05 – 15.35      Billy Wheeler, Does Vipassanā Meditation Provide Factual or Practical Knowledge? In Defense of a Knowledge-That Interpretation

Room 401/8

14.35 – 15.05      ณัฎฐพล บุณยพิพัฒน์, โทมัส มอร์กับยูโทเปีย

15.05 – 15.35          วิมลรัตน์ ศรีโยหะ, การเปรียบเทียบแนวคิดประชาธิปไตยในทรรศนะของเพลโต อริสโตเติลและพัฒนาการแนวคิดประชาธิปไตยในปัจจุบัน

15.35 – 15.50      Break

Room 401/5

15.50 – 16.10      Rituparna Roy, Consciousness of Being Conscious- A Meeting Point Between Buddhist Reflexive Awareness and Brentano’s Inner Perception

16.10 – 16.40      Nguyen Khac Hieu, Bui Thi Lien Karma in Yogācāra Philosophy: A Solution to Challenges in Buddhist Practices in Vietnam

Room 401/8

15.50 – 16.10      สุธิดา แสงเลิศล้ำ, การวิเคราะห์แนวคิดสตรีนิยมผ่านภาพยนตร์เรื่อง คิม จียอง เกิดปี 82

16.10 – 16.40          กฤตภาศ ศักดิษฐานนท์, จากล็อคถึงชอมสกี้ ความยินยอมที่น่ากังขาในสังคมประชาธิปไตย

Friday, December 13, 2024

8.30 – 9.15          Registration

Room 401/5

9.15 – 9.45          Evander Price, Lazarus Died Twice: Locating De-extinction within Religion and Ethics

9.45 – 10. 15       Roel Peter Jan Wolters, St. Paul as the Paradigm of a Christian Way of life: Kierkegaard’s Climacus Writings on Faith/Pistis

10.15 – 10.45      Iurii Tikhonravov, The Return of the Non-Western Religions to the Discourse of Western and Global Moral Philosophy

Room 401/8

9.15 – 9.45          SHAN Yafeng, Understanding in the Social Sciences

9.45 – 10. 15       B.V.E. Hyde, Zen and Singular Causation in Science and Policy

10.15 – 10.45      Moreno Paulon, Memory Editing and Metaphors of the Mind: Philosophy of the Mind – Psychoanalysis – Epistemology

10.45 – 11.00      Break

Room 401/5

11.00 – 11.30      Haikal Fadhil Anam, Beyond Religious Boundaries: Buddhist Monk’s Prayer at Indonesia’s Mosque and Public Responses on Social Media

11.30 – 12.00      Seyed Hassan Hosseini, Beyond Classic Responses: Avicenna’s Deistic Solution to the Problem of Evil

Room 401/8

11.00 – 11.30      Fatemeh Masdari, Artificial Intelligence and Religiousness: Compatibilities and Incompatibilities

11.30 – 12.00      Ravipat Rodphothong, Epistemic Responsibility of Beliefs in the Age of Moral Diversity and Deterministic Values

12.00 – 13.00      Lunch

Room 401/5

13.00 – 13.30      Constantino Pereira Silva Martins, Philosophical and Religious Dimensions of Sport: Death, Violence, and Transcendence

13.30 – 14.00      Matthew Hammerton, Workism and its Discontents

Room 401/8

13.00 – 13.30      Hayden Sean Alexander KEE, Homo invisibilis: A Philosophical Anthropology

13.30 – 14.00      Joshua Goh, Three Notions of Causal Contribution, and New Complications in which They Figure

14.00 – 14.30      Maciek Czerkawski, Being and Utmost Generality: Introducing the Arch-Paradox of Being

14.30 – 14.45      Break

14.45 – 15.15      Pham Minh Duc, On Nothing Nothingness and the Nothingness of Existence

15.15 – 15.45      Christopher Devlin Brown, The Knowledge Argument and A Priori Inference

Saturday, December 14, 2024

8.30 – 9.15          Registration

Room 401/5

9.15 – 9.45          Nicholas Kruus, Axiological Cluelessness

9.45 – 10.15        Matt Stichter, Self-Knowledge of Our Emotions: The Connection to Our Goals, Values, and Living Well

10.15 – 10.45      Lucas Scripter, Atmospheric Kitsch

10.45 – 11.00      Break

11.00 – 11.30      Kevin Sue-A-Quan, Levinas on the Necessity of Need

11.30 – 12.00      Hassachai Mangkang, Democratic Peace and International Security in 21st Century: Kantian Political Theory Revisited

12.00 – 13.00      Lunch

13.00 – 13.30      Shane Ryan, Wise Environments

13.30 – 14.00      Brendan Wein, Disclosing God: Ineffability In the Late Schelling

14.00 – 14.30      Danielle Ravitzki Form, Function, and Self-Identification in the Definition of the Family

14.30 – 15.00      Break

15.00 – 16.00      Business Meeting of the Philosophy and Religion Society of Thailand

Registration

International presenters (attending online from outside of Thailand): 30 US Dollars

Domestic presenters: 1,200 Baht (Non-members), and 1,000 Baht (Members) 

Online participants only (without presenting): 500 Baht 

Registration includes PARST membership fees and the cost of attending the event. Coffee, tea, and refreshments will be served, but participants must find lunch on their own.

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Elephant in the Room

Workshop Title: “Elephant in the Room:
Envisioning Responsible AI through Speculative Design”

Led by Dr. Freyja van den Boom

Chula Social Innovation Hub
Monday, January 22, 2024, 10 am to 12 noon

Workshop Description: This workshop invites participants to engage in the speculative design process by creating paper models of Thai elephants, which will serve as a metaphor for the ‘elephant in the room’—the often unaddressed issues surrounding responsible AI. Through hands-on activities and guided discussions, participants will explore the ethical, social, and cultural implications of AI in business and society.

Workshop Objectives:

  • To use speculative design as a tool for critical thinking about AI.
  • To foster a deeper understanding of responsible AI practices.
  • To encourage dialogue on the role of companies in AI governance.

Workshop Structure:

Introduction (15 minutes):

  • Welcome and ice-breaker activity.
  • Brief overview of speculative design and its relevance to AI.

Part 1: Crafting Elephants (30 mins.):

  • Participants receive blank paper templates to construct their own Thai elephant models.
  • As they build, facilitators prompt reflection on AI attributes that could be represented by different parts of the elephant.

Part 2: Scenario Building (30 mins.):

  • Small groups develop future scenarios where AI plays a critical role in society.
  • Groups use their paper elephants to represent different aspects of AI in these scenarios.

Part 3: Provocative Discussion (30 mins.):

  • Groups present their scenarios and discuss the ‘elephant in the room’—the challenges and opportunities of responsible AI.
  • Facilitated discussion on how companies can contribute to ethical AI development.

Conclusion (15 mins.):

  • Reflection on key takeaways.
  • Discussion on how participants can apply insights from the workshop in their professional roles.

Materials Needed:

  • A4 paper templates for Thai elephant models.
  • Art supplies for decorating and personalizing models.
  • Scenario-building cards with prompts and questions.

Facilitator Notes:

  • Encourage creativity and open-mindedness.
  • Guide discussions to ensure all voices are heard.
  • Provide real-world examples of AI use cases and ethical considerations.

This workshop is designed to be interactive and thought-provoking, using the power of speculative design to bring abstract concepts of responsible AI into tangible, discussable forms.


AIFutures Workshop and draft Research Proposal

TH[E]AI_LAND

What if
You woke up in the YEAR 2034
What would society look like ?
How will you work, travel and communicate ?
How do you hope to live your life, and what do you fear might happen when our societies become AI societies ?

  • How do we avoid misuse and harmful impacts of the use of AI especially on vulnerable communities and people around the world?
  • How do we avoid harm to our environment while we share the benefits from AI equitably amongst all stakeholders involved ?

This research looks at the impact of artificial intelligence in societies and governance to ensure the potential from the adoption of AI to disrupt are to the benefit of people, present and future societies.

To improve the discussions at the national and global level about how to govern AI we aim to contribute with insights and perspectives shared by people who may otherwise not be given a voice.

On Methodology: the role for SD in research and for AI policymaking

We adopt a transdisciplinary approach combining socio-legal and creative methods to explore and co-create alternative futures of AI regulation. We will use speculative design, a practice that imagines and experiments with different possible futures and their implications, to critically and creatively engage with the role and impact of AI in society. We will also involve diverse knowledge holders who are often marginalized or excluded from the dominant discourse on AI regulation.

The proposed AI workshop will consist of two main activities: first, participants will co-design artefacts that represent their visions and values for the future of AI regulation, using various materials and tools. Second, participants will use these artefacts to construct and share futures scenarios that illustrate the challenges and opportunities of regulating AI at the national and global level. The aim is to stimulate dialogue and reflection among participants and to generate deeper insights into the ethical, social and legal implications of AI.

Example of SD Artefact to provoke discussions (left) and

AR interactive installation = Screenshot and QRcode (right)

អិឥ – (c)harms

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Social and Ethical Dimensions of Information Technology

การประชุมวิชาการ “มิติทางสังคมและจริยธรรมของเทคโนโลยีสารสนเทศ”
ห้อง 105 อาคารมหาจุฬาลงกรณ์ จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย

15 กรกฎาคม พ.ศ. 2552

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กำหนดการ

8:45 – 9:00 พิธีเปิด

9:00 – 9:45 “Buddhism and Information Technology”
ศ. ดร. สมภาร พรมทา

9:45 – 10:15 พัก

10:15 – 11:00 “Blogging and Thai Society: Unleashing Potentials and Perils in a Troubling Democracy”
ผศ. ดร. พิรงรอง รณะนันทน์

11:00 – 11:45 “Impacts of the Social Network in Thai Society” ผศ. ดร. ภัทรสินี ภัทรโกศล

11:45 – 12:30 “The Philosophy of Creative Commons and Open Source Movement” รศ. ดร. โสรัจจ์ หงศ์ลดารมภ์

12:30 – 13:30 อาหารกลางวัน

13:30 – 14:15 “Information Technology and the Threat towards a Surveillance Society in European Countries: Some Lessons for Thailand?”
ผศ. ดร. กฤษณา กิติยาดิศัย

14:15 – 15:00 หัวข้อจะประกาศภายหลัง
ผศ. ดร. ดวงกมล ชาติประเสริฐ

15:00 – 15:30 “How Data Can Survive Over the Internet World”
นายวศิน สุทธฉายา

15:30 – 16:00 พัก

16:00 – 16:30 หัวข้อจะประกาศภายหลัง
นางสาวพิมลพรรณ ไชยนันท์

16:30 – 17:15 อภิปรายทั่วไป