2nd Joint Symposium of National Taiwan University and University of Scranton
“Self and Other”
第二屆臺灣大學-美國斯克蘭頓大學哲學工作坊「自我與他者」
Organized by
Asian Studies and Philosophy Departments, The University of Scranton Department of Philosophy, National Taiwan University
Date: April 11, 2022 (Monday) — April 13, 2022 (Wednesday)
Venue: The University of Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., and Zoom
This meeting will be held online, and we welcome everyone to join us. Please refer to the following agenda for reference.
For those who want to join the meeting, please go to the following link to register. http://calendar.scranton.edu/index.php?eID=25060
There is a QR code on the bottom of the poster for registration.
Registration is required to participate online.
Day 1 (April 11, 2022, Monday)
Venue: PNC Auditorium, Loyola Science Center 133 (also available by Zoom)
17:00-17:10 | Opening Ceremony Welcoming Remarks: Dr. Michelle Maldonado (Dean of College of Arts and Sciences, Univ. of Scranton) Dr. Daniel Haggerty (Chair of Philosophy Department, U. of Scranton) | |
17:10-18:30 | Keynote: “Transformative Change and Uncertainty” | |
Chair | Dr. Ann A. Pang-White & Dr. Andrew LaZella | |
Presenter | Dr. L.A. Paul (Millstone Family Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science, Yale University) | |
Day 2 (April 12, 2022, Tuesday)
Venue: The DeNaples Center, Room 405 (also available by Zoom)
8:30 | Light Continental Breakfast ((DeNaples Center Room 406) | |
9:00-9:02 | Welcoming Remarks: Dr. Jeff Gingrich (Provost/Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs, University of Scranton) | |
9:02-10:10 | “The Ethical Implications of ‘Forgetting Each Other’ in the Zhuangzi” | |
Chair | Dr. Harold Baillie (Dept. of Philosophy, University of Scranton) | |
Presenter | Dr. Ming-Chao Lin 林明照 (Dept. of Philosophy, National Taiwan University) | |
Commentator | Dr. David W. Black (Dept. of Philosophy & Asian Studies, U. of Scranton) | |
10:15-11:15 | “The Lawgiving Self: Kant on the Natural Law Tradition and the Dignity of Others” | |
Chair | Dr. Matthew Meyer (Dept. of Philosophy, University of Scranton) | |
Presenter | Dr. Christopher E. Fremaux (Dept. of Philosophy, University of Scranton) | |
Commentator | Dr. Chih-Sheng Yang 楊植勝 (Dept. of Philosophy, National Taiwan University) | |
11:20-12:30 | “On Hume’s Aesthetic Approach to Happiness Derived from Taste” | |
Chair | Fr. Ronald McKinney (Dept. of Philosophy, University of Scranton) | |
Presenter | Dr. Chih-Sheng Yang 楊植勝 (Dept. of Philosophy, National Taiwan University) | |
Commentator | Dr. Christopher E. Fremaux (Dept. of Philosophy, University of Scranton) | |
12:30-13:15 | Lunch Break (DeNaples Center Room 406) | |
13:15-14:15 | “St. Thomas Aquinas’s Concept of a Person” | |
Chair | Dr. William Rowe (Dept. of Philosophy, University of Scranton) | |
Presenter | Dr. Christopher M. Hauser (Dept. of Philosophy, University of Scranton) | |
Commentator | Dr. David White (Dept. of Philosophy, University of Scranton) | |
14:20-15:20 | “Reappraising Ban Zhao: The Advent of Chinese Women Philosophers” | |
Chair | Dr. Christopher E. Fremaux (Dept. of Philosophy, University of Scranton) | |
Presenter | Dr. Ann A. Pang-White 龐安安 (Dept. of Philosophy, Asian Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Scranton) | |
Commentator | Dr. Rong-Lin Wang 王榮湇 (Dept. of Philosophy, National Taiwan University) | |
15:20 -15:35 | Coffee Break (DeNaples Center, Room 406) | |
15:35-16:35 | “Asylum for the Shameless: Honor and Conciliatory Otherness in Plato’s Symposium” | |
Chair | Dr. Daniel Haggerty (Dept. of Philosophy, University of Scranton) | |
Presenter | Dr. David W. Black (Dept. of Philosophy and Asian Studies, University of Scranton) | |
Commentator | Dr. Stephen Whittaker (English and Theatre Dept., University of Scranton) | |
16:40-17:40 | “The Metaphysical Foundations of Friendship in Zhuangzi and Aristotle” | |
Chair | Dr. George Aulisio (Dept. of Philosophy, University of Scranton) | |
Presenter | Dr. Harold Baillie (Dept. of Philosophy, University of Scranton) | |
Commentator | Dr. Ming-Chao Lin 林明照 (Dept. of Philosophy, National Taiwan University) | |
Day 3 (April 13, 2022, Wednesday)
Venue: The DeNaples Center, Room 405 (also available by Zoom)
8:30 | Light Continental Breakfast ((DeNaples Center Room 406) | |
9:00-10:10 | “An Interpretation of ‘Ren’ in the Spreading of the Covid-19 Pandemic in China” | |
Chair | Dr. Patrick Tully (Dept. of Philosophy, University of Scranton) | |
Presenter | Dr. Jeu-Jenq Yuann ¾冱正 (Dept. of Philosophy, National Taiwan University) | |
Commentator | Dr. Matthew Shea (Dept. of Philosophy, University of Scranton) | |
10:15-11:15 | “The Self is Made for the Other: A Second-Personal Account of Human Nature” | |
Chair | Dr. Duane Armitage (Dept. of Philosophy, University of Scranton) | |
Presenter | Dr. Matthew Shea (Dept. of Philosophy, University of Scranton) | |
Commentator | Dr. Jeu-Jenq Yuann ¾冱正 (Dept. of Philosophy, National Taiwan University) | |
11:20-12:30 | “On David D. Wong’s Account of Mengzian Extension” | |
Chair | Dr. Andrew LaZella (Dept. of Philosophy, University of Scranton) | |
Presenter | Dr. Rong-Lin Wang 王榮湇 (Dept. of Philosophy, National Taiwan University) | |
Commentator | Dr. Ann A. Pang-White 漸安安 (Dept. of Philosophy, University of Scranton) | |
12:30-13:10 | Lunch Break (DeNaples Center, Room 406) | |
13:10-14:10 | “Epiphenomenal Minds and Philosopher’s Zombies: Where do Mental Properties Originate?” | |
Chair | Dr. Matthew Shea (Dept. of Philosophy, University of Scranton) | |
Presenter | Professor George J. Aulisio (Dean of Weinberg Memorial Library, University of Scranton) | |
Commentator | Dr. Caleb Liang 梁益堉 (Dept. of Philosophy, National Taiwan University) | |
14:15-15:25 | “Body-as-Subject in the Four-Hand Illusion” | |
Chair | Dr. Christopher M. Hauser (Dept. of Philosophy, University of Scranton) | |
Presenter | Dr. Caleb Liang 梁益堉 (Dept. of Philosophy, National Taiwan University) | |
Commentator | Dr. George J. Aulisio (Dept. of Philosophy, University of Scranton) | |
15:25-15:40 | Coffee Break (DeNaples Center, Room 406) | |
15:40-16:40 | “What becomes of Bucephalus?: Anne Conway on The Plasticity of Nature, Ranterism, and Divine Justice” | |
Chair | Dr. Kevin Nordberg (Dept. of Philosophy, University of Scranton) | |
Presenter | Dr. Andrew T. LaZella (Dept. of Philosophy, University of Scranton) | |
Commentator | Dr. Christopher M. Hauser (Dept. of Philosophy, University of Scranton) | |
16:40-17:10 | Closing Ceremony and Discussion of 2023/24 Symposium in Taipei and Other Collaborative Initiatives Chaired by: Dr. Ann A. Pang-White 漸安安 (University of Scranton) Dr. Caleb Liang 梁 益 堉 (National Taiwan University) Dr. Ming-Chao Lin 林明照 (National Taiwan University) [to be joined by Dr. Jeff Gingerich, Provost and VPAA, U. of Scranton] Q&A: Open to all who are present. | |