Thematic Description
The theme of the 25th World Congress
of Philosophy in Rome (August 1-8, 2024), “Philosophy
across Boundaries,” is most appropriate and important
for our times. Indeed, each time is characterized by its own
challenges and concerns, hence, it is necessary to continue
to relearn the meaning of "philosophy" and its relevance in
the ever-changing world. In order to achieve
this, we need to work within the contemporary life of all
peoples, cultures and traditions to generate new visions of
philosophy that embrace all aspects of the
lifeworld—economics, socio-politics, culture, ecology,
science and technology, etc. We also need to look afresh at
the fundamental philosophical questions which are at the
core of public discourse in all continents of the globe.
In the
global context, the role of philosophy is vital because all
fundamental questions related to knowledge, reality, truth,
values, humanity, and science lead to philosophical wisdom.
Although philosophical traditions, as old as humanity, are
different, all have things in common. Each people have
developed their ways of thinking, acting and being as well
as their understanding of reality; accordingly each culture
has produced its own thought system and made its own
contribution to the world philosophy as a whole, while
opening to other philosophical traditions through dialogue
and communication.
The goal
of this webinar is (1) to relearn the meaning of philosophy;
(2) to think carefully of what exactly boundaries
(positive/negative) mean to our world and beyond; (3) to
explore how philosophy is able to play its role across
boundaries, boundaries not only within philosophical
discipline itself – different philosophical schools,
traditions, ideas, etc., but also with other disciplines –
social sciences, natural sciences, and so on.
If
philosophy means “love of wisdom,” people who truly love
philosophy should live up to its meaning and give up their
philosophical bias so as to embrace as much as given with
few or no artificial or man-made boundaries both
conceptually/philosophically and physically.
