Date: December 14-15, 2024 (Saturday and Sunday)
Venue: Fukuoka University, Japan [In-person and Virtual (Zoom)]
Organizer: International Society of East Asian Philosophy (ISEAP)
Languages: English (preferable), Japanese, Chinese and Korean
Publication
Presented papers will be invited to submit to a special issue of The Journal of East Asian Philosophy (published by Springer, peer-reviewed, all in English)
Keynote Speakers
Professor Yuk HUI
Erasmus University
Professor Shigeru TAGUCHI
CHAIN(Center for Human Nature, Artificial Intelligence, and Neuroscience),
Hokkaido University
Important Dates
Sept 1, 2024
Submission deadline of abstracts for organized panels and individual papers
Oct 1, 2024
Notification of acceptance by email
Dec 14-15, 2024
ISEAP Conference 2024
Submission of proposals
Submission Deadline: Sept 1, 2024(Japan Time)
For individual papers:
Please submit your application through the following google form.
For organized panels(3-4 members):
Please submit the following application form in Word file by email (eastasianphilosophy@gmail.com).
Application form for organized panels
Registration fee: Free of charge
Enquiry: eastasianphilosophy@gmail.com
Synopsis
The 2024 ISEAP conference highlights the mutual relevance and interactions between science, technology and East Asian philosophy. It will focus on the philosophy of science and technology, broadly construed, which has been uniquely developed in the intellectual history of East Asia, and how it contributes to various philosophical issues raised by today’s rapidly advancing sciences and technologies.
The scope of sciences that may be addressed in this conference include, but is not limited to, mathematics, physics, astronomy, chemistry, medicine, meteorology, biology, zoology and botany. Modern (as well as ancient) technologies and related topics include virtual reality, artificial intelligence, environmental technologies, energy and natural resources, biomedical engineering, information security, peacekeeping and space research.
The contemporary sciences and technologies have, by raising a wide range of new epistemological, ontological and ethical questions, prompted us to rethink what human intellect, existence and morality are. For example, can algorithmic accounts explain all phenomena in the world, including the workings of the mind and future events? To what extent can or should we rely on biotechnologies not only to cure human (and non-human) diseases and defects, but also to enhance their natural biological capabilities? If robots can learn and interact like humans, can they also replace psychotherapists, social workers, artists or friends who require deep sensitivity, sympathy, reflection, understanding or creativity that seem to be unique to humans? In a society where virtual identities are highly developed, will a created image of each person become more important than their (physical) reality? Is technology the best solution for environmental problems?
These are only a few examples. In this conference we will address relevant philosophical issues through the lens of East Asian philosophy, including Confucianism, Daoism, Mohism, Legalism, Buddhism, and other scientific and technological studies therein, including cosmogony, cosmology, agriculture, civil engineering, traditional medicine, and arithmetic. We will seek their implications for contemporary issues, which may offer either different or complementary approaches to those of Western philosophy.
