2008 Uehiro CrossCurrents Conference
March 19–20th
Center for Korean Studies, University of Hawai'i Mānoa
Wednesday March 19th
8:40 am, Opening Remarks: Dr. Eliot Deutsch
9:00 am – 10:30 am, Panel 1: Interpretation
—Deliberating Truth and Lies in the Lotus Sutra: Heidegger,
Nietzsche, Derrida and the Parable of the Burning House
— Donovan Muir, San Diego State University
—Beyond Causality: Al-Ghazālī and Hume in
Dialogue — Aaron Creller, UH Mānoa
—Aesthetic Ontology: Yugen of Invisibility —
Ryan Shriver, UH Mānoa
10:45 am – 12:00 pm, Panel 2: Comparative Philosophy, Questions and Topics
—Towards a Sustainable Global Philosophy: Deconstruction as
Method —
David Alvarado, San Diego State University
—Thoughts on Comparative Philosophy — Jeremy
Henkel and Matt Lopresti, UH Mānoa
1:30pm – 3:00 pm, Panel 3: Chinese Philosophy
—Can We Determine if Mozi is a Utilitarian or Divine Command
Theorist? —
Jason Southworth, University of Oklahoma
—Chinese Traditional Environmental Ethics and World Significance
— Shan Gao, University of North Texas
—The Transformation of the Genuine Person through Unprincipled
Knowing — Michael Dean, UH Mānoa
3:15 pm – 4:45 pm, Special Presentation: “East Asian Philosophy in the Age of
Globalization”
—Co-existence in the Age of Globalization:
Re-examining East Asian Philosophy —
Kobayashi Yasuo, President of the University of Tokyo Center for
Philosophy (UTCP),
specialist in French and Japanese Philosophy
—Reconstructing Modern Buddhist Discourse through Shamon Dogen
and the Pragmatic Philosophy of Primitive Buddhism
— Miyakawa Keishi, Soto Priest and specialist in modern
Buddhism in China and Japan
—Confucianism in Prewar Japan in an East Asian Context, in
Contrast with the Chinese Neo-Confucian Movement
—
Nakajima Takahiro, Vice-President of UTCP and specialist in Chinese
Philosophy
Thursday March 20th
9:15 am -10:20 am, Panel 1: Heidegger and Asian Philosophy
—Heidegger and Zen — David Storey, Fordham
University
—Heidegger, Politics, and Daoism — Casey
Rentmeester, University of South Florida
10:30 am – 12:00 pm, Panel 2: Responsible Citizenship
—Mormon Metaphysics and the Politics of Polygamy
— Cindy Scheopner, CU Boulder
—Exemplary Original Works? Creativity and Originality in
Copyright Law —
Laura Biron, Cambridge University
—Turning Ecological Crisis into Opportunity for Local
Communities on Sado Island —
Mitsuyo Toyoda, Tokyo Institute of Technology
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm, Keynote Address:
—Comparative Philosophy in Crisis — Dr.
Thomas Kasulis, Ohio State University
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm, Roundtable Discussion: Teaching Philosophy to
Undergraduates
(in the philosophy lounge, SAK C308)
Mahalo
The Philosophy Students' Association of the University of Hawai'i at
Mānoa would like to extend the gratitude of its members to The Uehiro
Foundation, which has graciously provided substantial support for this
conference. For more information please contact us at psa@hawaii.edu
For examples
of presentations from past conferences, please visit our 2006 and
2007
conference pages.
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