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1st ISCWP International Conference—
Davidson's Philosophy and Chinese Philosophy:Constructive Engagement |
Initiator & Academic Organizer:
International Society for Comparative Studies of Chinese and Western Philosophy
Co-Sponsor & Conference Host
Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Co-Sponsor:
Committee on International Cooperation of the American Philosophical Association
(Beijing, China; June 8-9, 2004)
Conference Site: Conference Room, #941, of the Building of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, No.5 Jianguomennei Street, Beijing
June 8, Tuesday
09:00-09:30 Opening Session
1. Welcome Address
Li, Jingyuan (Director of the Institute of Philosophy, CASS, China)
Representative of Conference Host
2. Brief Remarks on Conference Theme
Session I: Cross-Cultural Understanding and Conceptual Schemes)
Chair: Li, He (Institute of Philosophy, CASS, China)
09:30-10:20 Krausz, Michael (Bryn Mawr College, USA)
“Relativism and Its Schemes”
10:20-11:10 Tanaka, Koji (Macquarie University, Australia)
“Davidson and Chinese Conceptual Scheme”
11:10-12:00 Angle, Stephen (Wesleyan University, USA)
“Making Room for Comparative Philosophy: Davidson, Brandom, and Conceptual Distance”
12:00-12:50 Zheng, Yujian (Lingnan University, Hong Kong)
“Davidsonian Approach to Normativity and Limits of Cross-cultural Interpretation”
Discussant: Audience
13:00-14:00 Lunch Break
Session II: Meaning and Interpretation
Chair: Luo, Xiwen (Institute of Philosophy, CASS, China)
14:00-14:50 Martinich, A. P. (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
“On Two Kinds of Meaning and Interpretation”
14:50-15:40 Chong, Kim-chong (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong)
“Zhuangzi and Davidson on the Use of Metaphor”
15:40-16:30 Chen, Bo (Peking University, China)
“Debate on Language-Meaning and the Skeptic Argument about Meaning: A Case in Comparative Study of Chinese and Western Philosophies”
16:30-17:20 Xiao, Yang (Kenyon College, USA)
“Reading the Analects with Davidson: How to Articulate Ancient Chinese Hermeneutic Practice in Pragmatic Terms”
Discussant: Audience
19:00-20:30 Dinner
June 9, Wednesday
Session III: Principle of Charity and Chinese Philosopy
Chair: Cheng, Lian (Peking University, China)
09:00-09:50 David Wong (Duke University, USA)
“Where Charity Begins”
09:50-10:40 Fung, Yiu-ming (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong)
“Davidson's Charity in the Context of Chinese Philosophy”
10:40-11:30 Ye, Chuang (Peking University, China)
“The Limit of Charity and Agreement”
Discussant: Audience
11:40-13:00 Lunch Break
Session IV: Rationality, Practical Rationality, Irrationality
Chair: Li, Jian (Institute of Philosophy, CASS, China)
13:00-13:50 Wheeler, Samuel C. (University of Connecticut, USA)
“Davidsonian Rationality and Ethical Disagreement between Cultures”
13:50-14:40 Fang, Wan-Chuan (Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica, Taipei, ROC [Taiwan])
“Ways of Uniting Knowledge and Action”
14:40-15:30 Jiang, Yi (Institute of Philosophy, CASS, China)
“Irrationality in Practical Reason from the Perspective of Chinese Philosophy”
Discussant: Audience
Session V: Truth and Dao
Chair: Zheng, Jiadong (Institute of Philosophy, CASS, China)
15:30-16:20 Cheng, Chung-ying (University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA)
“Truth and Meaning in Chinese Philosophy and Davidson's Philosophy of Language”
16:20-17:10 Mou, Bo (San Jose State University, USA)
“Davidson's Thesis of Truth-Centrality and the Dao-Pursuing Tradition of Philosophical Daoism”
Discussant: Audience