Titel: Conceptions of Personhood and Their Limits

Termin: 18.7.2011, 14:00 Uhr, bis 19.7.2011, 18:00 Uhr

Veranstaltungsort:
Universität Köln
Seminargebäude (Gebäude 106)
Tagungsraum
Universitätsstraße 35
50931 Köln

Weitere Informationen:
http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/cits/

Kurzbeschreibung: The concept of personhood is pivotal to many philosophical debates and has been extensively explored from many perspectives. However, a cross-cultural philosophical examination of the issues at stake still has a long way to go. In an attempt to fill up this lacuna, this conference seeks to bring together philosophical positions from the Asian and European context. Given that the close relation between the descriptive and normative dimensions of personhood has played a vital role in the trajectory of this concept, the conference will take this aspect as its point of departure. Without privileging a particular metaphysical or epistemic standpoint, it will focus on those views in both the traditions which attempt to link up these dimensions. Furthermore, the reconstruction of individual positions will emphasize whether and how these positions can be implemented to advance cross-cultural deliberations on personhood.

Kontakt: Karin Farokhifar
Universität Köln
Institut für Indologie und Tamilistik
Pohligstraße 1
50969 Köln
Tel.: 0221-470-5344
Fax: 0221-470-6530
Karin.Farokhifar@int-gip.de
http://www.int-gip.de/

Veranstalter: CITS - Zentrum für Inter- und Transkulturelle Studien, Universität Köln in cooperation with the, Philosophy Department, University of Mumbai and Gesellschaft für Interkulturelle Philosophie

Wissenschaftliche Leitung: Prof. Dr. Claudia Bickmann, Universität Köln, Prof. Dr. Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach, Universität Konstanz

Schlagworte: Ethiktheorie, Psychologie, Wissenschaftstheorie