Call for Papers 2008-2009

Scheduled for the forthcoming annual meetings of the
American Philosophical Association

Cross-Cultural Hermeneutics and Weltphilosophie

We cordially invite proposals (300 words or less) exploring various aspects of cross-cultural hermeneutics and the idea of world philosophy. In 1953, Karl Jaspers writes: "…today we are moving from the dusk of European philosophy to the dawn of World Philosophy. Individually we shall all remain on this road.  But it will go on to a future holding out  the most frightful as well as the most glowing possibilities of communication for all humankind – to a doom in which philosophy merely permits isolated individuals to preserve their dignity, or to an upsurge in which philosophy provides a moral consciousness for all and apart from which philosophy must fail."

Selected papers will be presented at the regional meetings of the American Philosophical Association in 2008-2009 (Eastern-Philadelphia: December 27-30/08, Pacific-Vancouver: April 8-11/09, Central-Chicago: February 18-22/09), and will be eligible for publication in Existenz.

Send one-page proposals to both of the individuals listed below by May 1, 2008 for Eastern Division, and by September 1, 2008 for Central and Pacific Divisions, and specify which of the divisional meetings you plan to attend.

Alan Olson
Helmut Wautischer

Notification of placement for Eastern Division will take place by 5/08.
Notification of placement for Central and Pacific Divisions will take place by 9/08.

Sixth International Jaspers Conference

in conjunction with the XXII. World Congress of Philosophy
July 30 – August 5, 2008, Seoul (Korea)

"Cross-Cultural Conflicts and Communication Rethinking Jaspers's Philosophy Today"

The International Association of Jaspers Societies invites members of the international community of scholars to participate in the Sixth International Jaspers Conference. The Conference focuses, though not exclusively, on Jaspers's thoughts on communication and dialogue, and on his idea of philosophy as transcending cultural traditions.

The program is closed and can be viewed here.

While the Sixth International Jaspers Conference will be held in conjunction with the 22. World Congress of Philosophy, it is being planned independently. Registered participants in the World Congress will be able to attend and participate in the Jaspers Conference without additional fees.

The Sixth International Jaspers Conference is organized by the International Association of Jaspers Societies on behalf of its Member Societies, Jaspers Society of Japan and The Karl Jaspers Society of North America, and with the support of Karl Jaspers-Stiftung Basel und Österreichische Karl Jaspers-Gesellschaft.

Organizers:

Andreas Cesana
Kazuteru Fukui
Sawako Hanyu
Gregory Walters