International Workshop
The Ontology of Asian Philosophy
– Perspectives from Buddhist Studies and Analytic Philosophy April 13 & 14 10:00-18:00
at Main Conference Room, West Wing 2F, Omiya Campus, Ryukoku University, Kyoto.
April 13 Sat.
10:00 – 10:10 – Opening Remark
10:10 – 11:10 – What exists in Buddhist philosophy?
Shoryu Katsura, Ryukoku University, Japan 11.10 – 11.20 – Tea Break
11.20 – 12.20 – Abhidharma Ontology and its Defense Mark Siderits, Illinois State University, U.S.A
12.20 – 1.30 – Lunch
1.30 – 2.30 – I am a Brain in a Vat (or perhaps a pile of sticks by the side
of the road), Jay Garfield, Smith College, U.S.A 2:30 – 3:30 – Serious, Lightweight or Neither?
Tom Tillemans, University of Lausanne, Switzerland 3.30- – 4.00 – Tea break
4.00 – 5:00 – Existence and meaning: Indian grammarians’ approach to ‘existence’ Hideyo Ogawa, Hiroshima University, Japan
5:00 – 6.00 – General Discussion 6.00 – Dinner
April 14 Sat.
10:00 – 10:10 – Opening Remark
10:10 – 11:10 – Self and Body in the Zhuangzi
Kai-Yuan Cheng, Institute of Philosophy of Mind and Cognition,
National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan 11.10 – 11.20 – Tea Break
11.20 – 12.20 – How to meditate with the knowledge of particulars and universals for attaining enlightenment? — Huizhao on svalakṣaṇa and sāmānyalakṣaṇa
Chen-kuo Lin, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
12.20 – 1.30 – Lunch
1.30 – 2.30 – Logic of Emptiness; Nishitani, Jizang, and Para-consistency
Yasuo Deguchi, Kyoto University, Japan 2:30 – 3:30 – Metaphysical Anti-Foundationalism
Ricki Bliss, Kyoto University, Japan 3.30 – 4.00 – Tea break
4.00 – 5.00 – Deflationary Existence and Necessity
Takashi Yagisawa, California State University, Northridge, U.S.A.
5:00 – 6.00 – General Discussion 6.00 – Dinner