4th International Research Meeting in Asian and Comparative Philosophy

Time and History: East and West

With support from the University of Missouri-Columbia

Sept. 28- Oct. 1, 2000
Holiday Inn Select Executive Center
2200 I-70 Drive SW * Columbia, Missouri, USA * (573) 445-8531

Thurs. 9/28 * Fri. 9/29 * Sat. 9/30 * Sun. 10/1
 

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CONFERENCE AGENDA

Thurs. 9/28 * Fri. 9/29 * Sat. 9/30 * Sun. 10/1
 
 

Thursday, Sept. 28th
4:30 - 5:30 p.m.	Participant Registration		Holiday Inn Executive Center, Lobby
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.	Chancellorís Reception		Holiday Inn Executive Center, Parliament I-II
	Introductory Remarksó
		Dr. Bina Gupta, President/Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, Professor/Philosophy and Director/South Asia Area and Language Center, University of Missouri-Columbia (Columbia, MO, USA)
	Welcomeó
		Dr. Richard Wallace, Chancellor and Professor/Economics, University of Missouri-Columbia (Columbia, MO, USA)

Thurs. 9/28 * Fri. 9/29 * Sat. 9/30 * Sun. 10/1
 
 

Friday, Sept. 29th
8:00 - 8:30 a.m.	Participant Registration				Holiday Inn Executive Center, Lobby
8:30 - 9:45 a.m.	Opening Convocation				Holiday Inn Executive Center, Windsor I-II
	Introductory Remarksó
		Dr. Bina Gupta, President/Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, Professor/Philosophy and Director/South Asia Area and Language Center, University of Missouri-Columbia (Columbia, MO, USA)
	Welcomeó
		Dr. Richard Schwartz, Dean/College of Arts and Science and Professor/English, University of Missouri-Columbia (Columbia, MO, USA)
	Memorial for Wilhelm Halbfass
	Presidential Address: Time and History, East and Westó
		Dr. Bina Gupta
9:45 10 a.m.	Break				Holiday Inn Executive Center, Parlor Suite 500
10 a.m. - Noon	Panel Ió The Author Meets His Critics: J. N. Mohanty				Holiday Inn Executive Center, Windsor I-II
	Chair:			Dr. Alexander von Schönborn (Philosophy, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA)
	Discussant:			Dr. Jitendra N. Mohanty (Philosophy, Emory University, Atlanta, GA and Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA)
	Two Questions Relating to J. N. Mohantyís Phenomenology between Essentialismand Transcendental Philosophy --
			Dr. Lester Embree (Philosophy, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA)
	Toward Transcendental Relativismó
			Dr. Gereon Kopf (Religion and Philosophy, Luther College, Decorah, IA, USA)
	Questions on Essences and Transcendental Reasonó
			Dr. Joseph Margolis (Philosophy, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Noon - 1:15 p.m.	Lunch *Dining facilities available at the Executive Center.				On your own*
1:15 - 3:15 p.m.	Panel IIó Tanabe Hajimeís Standpoint of Absolute Nothingness				Holiday Inn Executive Center, Windsor I
	Chair and Discussant:			Dr. Joel R. Smith (Philosophy and Religion, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA)
	Power and Passivity: Tanabe and Levinasó
			Dr. Brian Schroeder (Philosophy and Religion, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA)
	Tanabe Hajimeís Standpoint of Absolute Nothingnessó
			Dr. Joel R. Smith
	Death and Resurrection as the Eternal Return of the Pure Land: Tanabe Hajimeís Metanoetic Reading of Nietzscheó
			Dr. Jason M. Wirth (Philosophy, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, GA, USA)
CONCURRENT SESSION:	Panel IIIó Chinese and Japanese Conceptions of Time, Culture and History				Holiday Inn Executive  Center, Windsor II
	Chair and Discussant:			Dr. Marthe Chandler (Philosophy, DePaul University, Greencastle, IN, USA)
	Gui and Shen: Basis of life, death and time awareness in Zhu Xi
			Dr. Kirill Thompson (Foreign Languages and Literature, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan)
	The Japanese Conception of Timeó
			Prof. Francis G. Nagasaka (Nanzan University, Japan)
	Can Rotten Wood be Carved? Implications of Intellectual Self-Regulation in the Analects for Our Teachingó
			Dr. Ronnie Littlejohn (Philosophy, Belmont University, Nashville, TN, USA)
	A Feminist Critique of Confucian Philosophyó
			Dr. Anne D. Birdwhistell (Philosophy and Religion, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, NJ, USA)
3:15 - 3:30 p.m.	Break				Holiday Inn Executive  Center, Parlor Suite 500
3:30 - 5 p.m.	Participant Registration				Holiday Inn Executive  Center, Lobby
3:30 - 5:30 p.m.	Panel IVó Indian Conceptions of Time, Culture and History				Holiday Inn Executive Center, Windsor I
	Chair and Discussant:			Prof. David Burke (Humanities, Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL, USA)
	The Temporal and the Transcendentaló
			Dr. Archana Barua (H.S.S. IIT Guwahati, India)
	Mythmaker Oathbreaker: Time and Timelessnessó
			Dr. John A. Grimes (Religious Studies, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA)
	An Understanding of the Concept of "Indian Culture": A Naturalist Alternativeó
			Dr. Keya Maitra (Political Science, Economics and Philosophy, College of Staten Island, City University of New York, Staten Island, NY, USA)
	Time, Suksma Dravya (Subtle Matter) and Conscious Experienceó
			Prof. Navjyoti Singh (NISTADS, New Delhi, India)
CONCURRENT SESSION:	Panel Vó Conceptions of Time and History East and West, I				Holiday Inn Executive  Center, Windsor II
	Chair and Discussant:			Dr. Donna Giancola (Philosophy, Suffolk University, Beacon Hill, MA, USA)
	Time in Classical Philosophy: the Confucians and St. Augustineó
			Dr. Marthe Chandler (Philosophy, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, USA)
	Egological Investigations: A Comparative Study in Western Existentialism and African Existentialismó
			Dr. Clevis R. Headley (Philosophy, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA)
	Idea of the Golden Age in Early Hindu, Hebrew and Greek  Thoughtó
			Prof. Gene G. James (Philosophy, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA)
6:30- 7 p.m.	Gandharan Exhibit at the MU Museum of Art and Archaeology. (Details forthcoming). Shuttle service to campus from the Holiday Inn will be available.				University of Missouri- Columbia campus
Evening	On Your Own in Columbia, MOó Downtown Columbia is within walking distance of the MU campus. Information on local dining and entertainment will be available. Return taxi service to hotel available at participantís expense.
Thurs. 9/28 * Fri. 9/29	* Sat. 9/30 * Sun. 10/1
Saturday, Sept. 30th
9 - 11:45 a.m.  (with break)	Panel VIó The Philosophy of J. N. Mohanty				Holiday Inn Executive  Center, Windsor I-II
	Chair:			Dr. John Kultgen (Philosophy, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA)
	Discussant:			Dr. Jitendra N. Mohanty (Philosophy, Emory University, Atlanta, GA and Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA)
	Descriptive Phenomenology: Philosophical and Scientificó
			Dr. Amedeo P. Giorgi (Saybrook Graduate School, San Francisco, CA, USA)
	Transcendental Transitionsó
			Dr. Rudolf Makkreel (Philosophy, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA)
10:15-10:30 a.m.	Break				Holiday Inn Executive  Center, Parlor Suite
	Essentialism, Phenomenology and Historical Cognitionó
			Prof. Tom Rockmore (Philosophy, Duquesne University, Philadelphia, PA, USA)
	Transcendental vs. Naturalistic Philosophyó
			Prof. David Woodruff Smith (Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA)
11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.	Lunch *Dining facilities are available at the Executive Center.				On your own*
1:15 - 2:15 p.m.	Panel VIIó Undergraduate Student Panel				Holiday Inn Executive Center, Windsor I
	Chair and Discussant:			Pragati Jain (Philosophy, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA)
	Time and Patanjaliís Yoga Sutraó
			Julie Anderson (Religious Studies, Indian University, Bloomington, IN, USA)
	Time, Self and Salvationó
			Neil Chase (Religious Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA)
	The Timeless and the Temporal: Paradox and Predicament in Augustine and Sankaraó
			Jonathan Lipnick (Religious Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA)
CONCURRENT SESSION (1:15 - 3:15 p.m.)	Panel VIIIó Buddhist Mind/Body Creativity				Holiday Inn Executive  Center, Windsor II
	Chair and  Discussant:			Dr. David Jones (History and Philosophy, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, USA)
	Sounding the Depth of the Body: Yuasa, Ichikawa and Asian  Traditions of Creativity--
			Dr. Harriette D. Grissom (Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA, USA)
	Zenís Aesthetic Perception in Creating (not) Self: Faint Echoes of Stones, Plants, Insects, Animals and other Forgotten Relativesó
			Dr. David Jones
	Socially Engaged Buddhism from Vietnam to Plum Villageó
			Prof. Jennifer Manlowe (Comparative Philosophy and Religion, Long Island University, Southampton, NY, USA)
	The Creative Flash: A Comparative Study of the Imaginationó
			Dr. Jason M. Wirth (Philosophy, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, GA, USA)
3:15 - 3:30 p.m.	Break				Holiday Inn Executive  Center, Parlor Suite
3:30 - 5:30 p.m.	Panel IXó Graduate Student Panel				Holiday Inn Executive  Center, Windsor I
	Chair and Discussant:			Jeff Freelin (Philosophy, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA)
	Jhanasis: Meditation and Creationó
			Hans W. Gruenig (Philosophy, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA)
	Aesthetics East and West: An Aesthetic Look at Eastern and Western Ethicsó
			Melisa R. McCormick (Philosophy, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA)
	Timeless Stories East and West: The Philosophical Narratives of the Bhagavad Gita and The Thin Red Lineó
			Scott R. Stroud (Philosophy, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, USA)
	Sri Aurobindoís Concept of Evolutionó
			Katie Walker (Philosophy, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA)
CONCURRENT SESSION:	Panel Xó Conceptions of Time and History East and West II				Holiday Inn Executive  Center, Windsor II
	Chair and Discussant:			Dr. Anne D. Birdwhistell (Philosophy and Religion, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, City University of New York, Pomona, NJ, USA)
	Avicenna and Husserl on the Concept of Intentionalityó
			Dr. Marina P. Banchetti-Robino (Philosophy, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA)
	Time and Presence: Aristotle and Augustineó
			Prof. Nona R. Bolin (Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN, USA)
	Averroes on Reason,Faith and Politicsó
			Dr. Fred R. Dallmayr (Government, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA)
6:30 - 7 p.m.	Business Meeting of the SACP All Society members are encouraged to participate in the business meeting. SACP officers, including members of the Board and conference liaisons, are expected to attend.				Holiday Inn Executive Center, Parlor Room
7 - 10 p.m.	Closing Banquet & Recognition Ceremonies Banquet program details forthcoming.				Holiday Inn Executive Center, Windsor IV

Thurs. 9/28 * Fri. 9/29 * Sat. 9/30 * Sun. 10/1
 
 

Sunday, Oct. 1st
8:30 - 11:30 a.m.	Panel XIó Perspectives on Epistemology, Ethics and Time, East and West			Holiday Inn Executive  Center, Windsor I
	Chair and Discussant:		Dr. Gereon Kopf (Religion and Philosophy, Luther College, Decorah, IA, USA)
	The Real and the Goodó
		Dr. Charles S. Brown (Philosophy, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS, USA)
	Obsessions with Past and Future: A Buddhist Analysisó
		Dr. Frank J. Hoffman (Philosophy, West Chester University, West Chester, PA, USA)
	Given No Intrinsically Known Knowledge, How Can We Know That We Know: Gangesaís Answeró
		Dr. Stephen H. Phillips (Philosophy, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA)
CONCURRENT SESSION (8:30- 10:30 a.m.)	Panel XIIó Conception of Time in the Hindu Oral Tradition			Holiday Inn Executive  Center, Windsor II
	Chair and Discussant:		Dr. Joel Brereton (Religious Studies, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA)
	Measuring Time: A Method in Atharvaveda?ó
		Prof. Narahari Achar (Physics, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA)
	Interpretations of the Vedic Textsó
		Dr. R. L. Kashyap (Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN, USA)

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