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
11.20 – 12.20 – Abhidharma Ontology and its Defense Mark Siderits, Illinois State University, U.S.A
11.10 – 11.20 – Tea Break
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 Sun.
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