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Thursday, May 19
| 9.00-9.15 |
Opening remarks by Prof. Julia Jansen,
Vice Dean of the International Programme at the Institute of Philosophy |
Kardinaal Mercierzaal |
| 9.15-10.45 |
Session 1
I-A: IN SEARCH OF LIFE AND ITS MEANINGS
Chair: Prof. Willem Styfhals
Moderator: Yutong Li
FEDERICO DAL BARCO (ReMA)
Noumenal Perfection between the Inaugural Dissertation and the Critique of Pure Reason
IRINA IANCU (MA)
Gender and Normativity: Between Identity and Expression
I-B: DECISION AND WILL
Chair: Prof. Griet Galle
Moderator: Batoul Sukkar
DASHAN XU (PhD)
Is Hamlet Indecisive? An Aristotelian Approach
JOËLLE DOEK (ReMA)
‘Willing’ as Cause for Existence in Plotinus
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Room S
Raadzaal
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| 10.45-11.00 |
Coffee Break |
Salons |
| 11.00-12.00 |
Keynote Speech
Dr. SIMON TRUWANT
Where the Truth Lies. A New Theory of Truth Pluralism
Chair: Prof. Stéphane Symons
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Kardinaal Mercierzaal |
| 12.30-13.30 |
Lunch
Sandwiches and beverages will be provided
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Salons |
| 13.30 – 15.00 |
Session 2
II-A: PHENOMENOLOGY AND BEYOND
Chair: Dr. Emanuela Carta
Moderator: Femke Caers
FELIPE ANTONIO PINILLA TORRES (MA)
The Interlude of Philosophy: An Interpretation of Philosophical Education from the Concept of Play
MAOGE XU (MA)
Memory and Inner Time Consciousness in “The Third Resignation” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
ROGER VENTURA COSSIN (MA)
Being-in-History: The Phenomenological Basis for a Philosophy of History in Claude Lefort
II-B: THE SOUL AND ITS FUNCTION
Chair: Dr. Nicola Polloni
Moderator: Batoul Sukkar
WAI-KIN WONG (PhD)
Aquinas on the Soul-Body Union’s Implication for the Separated Soul’s Cognition
SO YUN PARK (ReMA)
Malebranche’s Psychology: Internality and Externality in the Soul’s Modal Existence
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Room S
Raadzaal
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| 15.00-15.15 |
Coffee Break |
Salons |
| 15.15-16.45 |
Session 3
III-A: STUPIDITY, SADNESS, AND SUFFERING
Chair: Dr. Valeria Bizzari
Moderator: Ester Van Ackere
AVEL IVANOV (MA)
Stupidity and “The Royal Faculty” in Deleuze
SYBRAND VEEGER (ReMA)
Spinoza on Evil, Sadness and Parasites
YIK LONG LEUNG (ReMA)
Beyond Reconstruction: A Return to Adorno for the Normative Foundation of Critical Theory
III-B: DEMOCRATIC AND LIBERAL THEORY
Chair: Dr. Christiaan Boonen
Moderator: Alejandro Gordillo García
SYLVIE DECKERS (MA)
The Democratic Legitimacy of the European Taxonomy for Sustainable Activities
TOMÁS HERNÁNDEZ MORA (PhD)
Liberal Eugenics and the Role of Future Parents
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Room S
Raadzaal
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| 16.45-17.00 |
Coffee Break |
Salons |
| 17.00-18.00 |
INFO SESSION ON US-AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL JOB MARKET
PROF. JEFFREY BLOECHL (BOSTON COLLEGE)
Chair: Prof. Henning Tegtmeyer
Closing remarks: Organizing Committee
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Raadzaal |
| 18.00-19.00 |
Reception |
Salons |