The 30th Annual Meeting of the Philosophy and Religion Society of Thailand
December 11-12, 2026
Theme: “War and Peace”
The Philosophy and Religion Society of Thailand (PARST) will convene its 30th Annual Meeting on December 11 – 12, 2026. Papers are being called for this event. The theme for the meeting this time is “War and Peace.” Papers following the theme are welcome, as are papers in other areas within philosophy or religious studies.
We accept both full papers and extended abstracts. Full papers should not exceed 15 pages on A4 paper. The extended abstract must be from 1 to 3 pages. Please use the American Psychological Association (APA) reference style for the full papers and extended abstracts.
Please send only one submission–either a full paper or an extended abstract. Do not send both.
Papers and extended abstracts should be sent as a Microsoft Word file (.doc or .docx). Submissions and inquiries related to submission should be sent to Associate Professor Dr. Theptawee Chokvasin at <dr.theptawee@yahoo.com>. Papers and abstracts will be peer-reviewed.
The Philosophy and Religion Society of Thailand does not have a budget for helping to defray the costs of travel to Thailand or for accommodation.
Important deadlines
October 1, 2026: Deadline for submitting papers or abstracts
October 15, 2026: Announcement of the referees’ decision
December 11-12, 2026: The 30th Annual Meeting of the PARST
Participants are encouraged to book rooms at the Royal River Hotel on their own, or they can choose their accommodation according to their interests and preferences. A walk from the nearest MRT station to the hotel is 10 minutes.
Registration
1,200 Baht. Everyone will become a member of the PARST automatically upon registration. Participants are requested to pay the registration fees in cash and in person at the conference site only to avoid costly international transfer fees.
There will be no online presentation.
For further inquiries about the conference, except sending abstracts, please contact Soraj Hongladarom at <soraj.hong@mcu.ac.th>.
9.15 – 9.45 Tarik Tijanovic, Against Dasgupta’sNaturalization 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
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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