「演講資訊」
4th Eastern Hemisphere Language & Metaphysics Network online meeting (July 17) 線上演講
The 4th online meeting of the Eastern Hemisphere Language & Metaphysics Network will take place on Monday, July 17. The programme appears below.
Zoom registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/……/tZAtf……
Schedule (Thailand):
2.00 – 2.10pm: introductory remarks.
2.10 – 3.00pm: Soraj Hongladarom (Chulalongkorn University) – The Buddhist Middle Way as a Basis for Political Pluralism.
Abstract: The Buddhist Middle Way is based on the idea that one should not become attached to anything. Since everything is ultimately insubstantial and does not retain its own substantive individual identity, holding on to something always leads to dissatisfaction, disappointment, and other forms of mental afflictions known asduhkha, usually translated as suffering. Among the things that one must not become attached to are views or beliefs. That is, one must not be attached to a view or a belief, regarding any of them as an ultimate truth, but instead regard all views as dependent on causes and conditions. Since pluralism is based on the view that one cannot know all the truth, or that it is not possible, through any of these views, to attain Ultimate Truth, the Buddhist Middle Way is then amenable to pluralism. As one must not be attached to any view, one must then regard a view as,prima facie,equally important as any other view. This does not imply the absurd consequence that one can accept contradictory statements as being true, nor does it imply relativism. The upshot, then, is that epistemological, and hence political, pluralism follows.
3.00 – 3.15pm: Frank Hoffman (Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University) – comments.
3.15 – 3.25pm: Soraj Hongladarom – response.
3.25 – 4.00pm: discussion.
Singapore, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan: +1 hr.
Japan, Korea: +2 hrs.
Sydney & Melbourne: +3 hrs.
New Zealand: +5 hrs.
