The Society for Indian Philosophy Annual Meeting

Satellite Session of the Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association, Dublin 2010
Monday, 12th July 2010

The Society for Indian Philosophy will be holding its 2010 Annual Conference as a Satellite Session of the Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association on the Monday following the Joint Session. We hope that this will facilitate interaction between scholars of Western philosophy and scholars of Indian philosophy within the UK.

Programme

9.15 - 10.00 Jan Westerhoff (University of Durham)
Nectar, Pus, and Water: Interpreting the Example of the "Three Cups of Liquid"
10.00 - 10.45 Jonardon Ganeri (University of Sussex)
Minimal Physicalism: An Indian Approach to the Mind-Body Problem
10.45 - 11.15 Tea
11.15 - 12.00 Mark Siderits (Seoul National University)
Neither the Same nor Different
12.00 - 12.45 Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad (University of Lancaster)
What is Defended When ‘Atman' is Defended? Hindu Philosophers on Self
12.45 - 14.15 Lunch
14.15 -15.00 Manidipa Sen (Jawaharlal Nehru University)
Self-Knowledge and the Subject/Object Dichotomy: Another look at the Debate from an Indian Philosophical Perspective
15.00 - 15.45 Paul O'Grady (Trinity College Dublin)
Wisdom as an Epistemological Category
15.45 - 16.15 Tea
16.15 - 17.00 Amber Carpenter (University of York)
On 'Skilful' as a Moral Category
18.00 Dinner

View abstracts here

Practical Arrangements

Venue

The meeting will be held at University College Dublin. Specific information about the venue and travel to Dublin is available from www.ucdjointsession2010.com

Registration

There is a registration fee of EUR 10 (EUR 5 for students) for attending the meeting. If you would like to register please get in touch with Jan Westerhoff at j.c.westerhoff@dur.ac.uk

Accommodation

If you are attending the Joint Session and require additional accommodation for the night 12/13 July please point this out to the organizers when registering for the Joint Session. If you will not attend the Joint Session but would like accommodation for the nights 11/12 July and/or 12/13 July please contact the organizers of the Joint Session at jointsession@ucd.ie They might be able to arrange on-campus accommodation and meals for you.

For any other questions about the conference please email Jan Westerhoff at j.c.westerhoff@dur.ac.uk

Download Annual Meeting programme in pdf