Association Internationale des Professeurs de Philosophie

With great concern and profound sadness, the Board of the AIPPh has perceived the attacks on the State of Israel. Our sympathy and solidarity goes to all citizens and their families who have become victims of the inhumane acts of violence. Our hope is that in this terrible escalation, the extent of which is not yet foreseeable, as few civilians as possible will lose their lives and that elementary principles of humanity will not be further disregarded.
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Current issues

In todays’ nation states we have inhabitants from many cultures with various traditions of thought and logic. But normally we tend to believe that our standards of reason are universal, and that our arguments are understood everywhere in the same way. Can we rely on rules of senseful communication between cultures? Global problems require global solutions, not only as a political agenda, but also in philosophy, for instance in environmental ethics. All too often, however, ‘Western’ thinkers remain stuck in their own traditions of thought, taking their own epistemic standards to be normal, partly due to a lack of knowledge of others’. However, the ideal of wisdom, which is linked to an overview perspective, prohibits narrowing down or focusing on sub-areas. We therefore believe that we need to learn to look at issues, methods and concepts from different angles in order to better understand the problems at hand.

This conference is therefore about a critical expansion of a narrow Eurocentric concept of reason (according to Adorno, since Enlightenment reason must ultimately question itself) – whithout however ending in trivial relativism. The intra-European critique of classical bivalent logic must be questioned, as well as the concepts of rationality in Asia (tetralemma) and South America (paraconsistent logic), as well as African traditions of thought that differ from so-called ‘Western’ thought. What can debates in Islam about rationality contribute to a culture of critical reason in our time? Lyotard speaks of ‘reasons’ in the plural, because in fact there exist different cultures of thought, even within the European tradition.

In this conference, therefore, we want to ask what the basic structures and possibilities of such a multifaceted reason are, with which we can communicate internationally without making 'Western' concepts of reason binding. Is for instance the concept of a transversal reason viable? And, above all, how can a common understanding be reached at all?

 

Programm

Freitag/Friday, 21.3.25

10 Uhr/10 a.m.: Begrüßung/Wellcome Note: (Prof. Hans Schelkshorn, Präsident der WiGIP/President of the Vienna Society of Interc. Philosophy; Prof. Riccardo Pozzo, Präsident der AIPPh/President of the Association Internationale des Professeurs de Philosophie), kurze Einführung/short introduction Dr. Gabriele Münnix.

10.30 Uhr/10:30 a.m.: Prof. Hans Schelkshorn, Wien, Österreich/Austria: Der argumentative Dialog als Metadiskurs interkultureller Philosophie? Zur Klärung von Rationalitätstypen mit und gegen Karl-Otto Apels Transzendentalpragmatik.

11.30 Uhr/11.30 a.m.: Dr. Himal Trikha, Wien, Österreich/Austria: Zum Perspektivismus der Jainas.

12.30 Uhr/12.30 a.m.: Mittagspause / Lunch Break

14.30 Uhr/2:30 p.m.: Prof. Heiner Roetz, Bochum, Deutschland/Germany: Denken Chines:innen anders? Zu einer offenbar nicht stillstellbaren Debatte.

15.30 Uhr/3.30 p.m.: Kaffeepause / Coffee Break

16 Uhr/4 p.m.: Prof. Dorothy Oluwagbemi -Jacob, Calabar, Nigeria /Pretoria, South Africa:

Traditions of Narrativity in Africa: Functions, Challenges and Future Direction. (online)

17 Uhr/5 p.m.: Prof. Mohamed Turki, Tunis, Tunesien/Recklinghausen, Deutschland: Arabisch-Islamische Vernunft versus „westliche“ Vernunft.

Samstag/Saturday, 22.3.25

9 Uhr/9 a.m.: Dr. Gabriele Münnix, Düsseldorf, Deutschland/Germany: Zur Überwindung von Dualismen. Stufen innereuropäischer Kritik an der zweiwertigen Logik als Überleitung zu Nishidas Logik des Ortes.

10 Uhr/10 a.m.: Prof. Agnieszka Kozyra, Warszawa, Polen/Poland: The Problem of Scientific Spirit and Logic in Japanese Culture – Kitarō Nishida versus Hajime Nakamura. (online)

11 Uhr/11 a.m.: Kaffeepause /Coffee Break

11.30/11.30 a.m.: Prof. Andrzej Kaniowski, Lodz, Polen/Poland: Einheit der Vernunft in der Vielheit ihrer Stimmen? Zum Konzept kommunikativer Vernunft nach Habermas.

12.30 Uhr/12.30 a.m.: Mittagspause /Lunch Break

14.30 Uhr/2.30 p.m.: Prof. Ram Mall, Bonn, Deutschland/Germany: Zum Begriff des “Überlappungsuniversalismus” im Geiste einer interkulturellen Orientierung. (online)

15:30 Uhr/3.30 p.m.: Abschlussdiskussion mit den ReferentInnen / Final Discussion with the Speakers (Leitung Prof. Riccardo Pozzo, AIPPh, Rom und Prof. Hans Schelkshorn, WiGiP, Wien): Wie ist angesichts der Verschiedenheiten der jeweiligen Denktraditionen eine gemeinsame methodische Basis für kritisches Denken auffindbar? Jenseits von belanglosem Relativismus? (online-Beteiligung ist möglich)

(Chaired by Prof Riccardo Pozzo, AIPPh, Rome and Prof Hans Schelkshorn, WiGiP, Vienna): How can a common methodological basis for critical thinking be found in view of the differences between the respective traditions of thought? Beyond irrelevant relativism? (online participation is possible)

Ende der Tagung/End of the Conference: 16.30 Uhr/4.30 p.m.

Anmeldung/Registration/Hotel

ANMELDUNG für physische u n d online-Teilnahme BITTE BEI Dr. Bianca Boteva-Richter/

REGISTRATION for physical and online participation please register with Dr. Bianca Boteva-Richter (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Als mögliche Unterkunft in der Nähe der Hauptuniversität bietet sich das Schottenstift der Benediktiner https://schotten.wien/stift/benediktushaus/ oder Hotel Regina am Schottentor. https://www.hotelregina.at/de/hotel-regina-wien

The Schottenstift Benedictine monastery https://schotten.wien/stift/benediktushaus/ or Hotel Regina at Schottentor are possible accommodation options near the main university. https://www.hotelregina.at/de/hotel-regina-wien

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  • President

    Prof. Dr. Riccardo Pozzo, Rom

  • Honorary President

    Dr. Gabriele Osthoff-Münnix (DE)

  • Honorary President

    Dr. Werner Busch (DE)

  • Vice President

    Prof. Dr. Aneta Karageorgieva, Sofia

  • Vice President

    Dr. Natascha Kienstra, Tilburg

  • Secretary

    PD Dr. Markus Wirtz, Köln

  • Treasurer

    Dr. Ewa Wyrebska-Dermanovic, Berlin

  • Dr. Bianca Boteva-Richter, Vienna

  • Prof. Dr. Hans Bringeland, Bergen

  • Prof. Dr. Andrzej Kaniowski, Lodz

  • Prof. Griet Galle, Leuven

  • Prof. Dr. Mohamed Turki, Tunis/ Recklinghausen

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