World Congress of Philosophy

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1. REN, UBUNTU, LOVE, AND THE HEART Chair Pia Søltoft (Denmark) Speakers Graham Parkes (Ireland)   Abiola Irele (Nigeria)   Zhang Xianglong (China) Eleonore Stump (USA) 2. MIND, BRAIN, BODY, CONSCIOUSNESS, EMOTIONS Chair Amita Chatterjee (India)   Speakers Sean Gallagher (USA)   Jonardon Ganeri (UK)   3. PHILOSOPHY AT THE MARGINS: DOMINATION, FREEDOM, AND SOLIDARITY Chair Dimitrios Chitzos (Greece) Speakers Charles-Romain Mbelé (Cameroon) Sally J. Scholz (USA) 4. RIGHTS, RESPONSIBILITY, AND JUSTICE Chair Bhuvan Chandel (India)   Speakers Julian Nida-Ruemelin (Germany)     Chaiwat Satha-Anand (Thailand) Yao Xinzhong (China)   Sally Haslanger (USA)     5. HUMAN, NON-HUMAN, POST-HUMAN Chair Speakers Sangkyu Shin (Korea)     Lars Fredrik Svendsen (Norway)   Rosi Braidotti (Australia/Netherlands) 6. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT Chair Ilkka Niiniluoto (Finland) ...

The World Congress of Philosophy is organized every five years by the International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP) in collaboration with one of its member societies.  The XXIV World Congress will be held in Beijing, China, from August 13 to August 20, 2018, under the auspices of the Chinese Organizing Committee.  The complementary aims of the 2018 Congress include an emphasis on exploring dimensions of the human and inquiring into the challenges facing humanity: To globalize philosophical investigations to encompass the diverse forms of philosophizing by past and present thinkers across cultures, with special attention to critical reflections on philosophy itself and the tasks and functions of philosophy in the contemporary world; To open the philosophical area to enable philosophers to address emerging global issues through fruitful interactions with other disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, with other activi...

Online submission is open now. All persons who want to participate in the Congress are welcome to submit their abstract and paper Abstract and paper should be intended to one of the 99 Sections for contributed papers announced in the tab menu “Sections for Contributed papers” WAYS OF SUBMISSION There are three ways of submitting the abstract and paper: (1) Online submission Click here to reach the Online submission Page. (2) As attachment to an email message: secretariat@wcp2018.pku.edu.cn (3) the archaic way of sending the documents by post:     Chinese Organizing Committee     24th World Congress of Philosophy Secretariat     Department of Philosophy—Peking University, No.5 Yiheyuan Road Haidian District, Beijing, P.R.China 100871     北京市海淀区颐和园路5 号北京大学哲学     系世界哲学大会秘书处     中国组委会（收）     邮编：100871 We strongly recommend all participants to use the online abstract and paper submission...

Registration is open now. Registration fee                                        Prior to Oct 1, 2017   Prior to Feb 1, 2018    After Feb 1, 2018 & On-site REGULAR:                             200 USD                225 USD                 250 USD STUDENT:                               50 USD                  50 USD                   50 USD ACCOMPANYING PERSON:  100 USD                100 USD                 100 USD Payment options 1. Credit card ...