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CAVE HILL PHILOSOPHY SYMPOSIUM 2006

PROGRAMME

All sessions will be held in Room A, The Shell Suite .

Please click on the link to the left for access to the papers.

In each panel, presentations should be no more than 20 minutes in length, leaving 30 minutes for discussion.

THURSDAY MARCH 2, 2006

8 am - 9 am
Registration (outside Shell Suite)

9 am - 9.30 am: Session 1
OPENING SESSION

• Dr. Pedro Welch (Deputy Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Education, UWI, Cave Hill): Welcome Remarks
• Prof. Hilary Beckles (Principal and Pro-Vice Chancellor, UWI, Cave Hill Campus): Opening Address

Chair: Frederick Ochieng'-Odhiambo

9.30 am - 10.30 am: Session 2
KEYNOTE ADDRESS

• Prof. D.A. Masolo : "Discourse and Object: Appraising Comparative Approaches in Philosophy"

Chair: Frederick Ochieng'-Odhiambo

10.30 am - 10.45 am
Coffee break

10.45 am - 12.45 pm: Session 3
CARIBBEAN PHILOSOPHY

• Headley, Clevis : "An Essay in Comparative Ontology"
• Mohansingh, Simeon : "The impact of religion on end of life decisions, from Caribbean and European perspectives"
• Clarke, Richard : "Travelling Philosophy"

Chair: Stephen Geofroy

12.45 pm - 1.45 pm: Lunch

1.45 pm - 3.15 pm: Session 4
CONTRIBUTIONS TO SPECIFIC PROBLEMS

• Arjoon, Surendra : "Common Truths: a Natural Law Perspective"
• Crichlow, Harold : "Kant and Hegel - their religious philosophies compared"
• Bamikole, Lawrence : "The Concept of Right(s) in Western (Anglo-American) and African (Yoruba) Philosophies: an Exercise in Comparative Ethics"

Chair: Ed Brandon

3.15 pm - 3.30 pm
Coffee Break

3.30 pm - 5.30 pm: Session 5

ORIENTAL PHILOSOPHIES

• Dierksmeier, Claus : "Eastern Principles within Western Metaphysics"
• Healy-Singh, Cathal : "The locus of the Mind, where is it? Advaita Vedanta and the possibility of an alternative model for self awareness and sustainability"
• Schade, Martin : "The Aum, the Tao and the One Love, it's ALL ONE. Introducing Dialectical Incarnation"
• Setton, Mark : "Philosophy and the Martial Arts: Myth and Reality"

Chair: Surendra Arjoon

5.30 pm - 8 pm
RECEPTION

This will be held on the Sports Verandah.

FRIDAY MARCH 3, 2006

9 am - 10.30 am: Session 6
ISSUES IN AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY 1

• Murray, Deryck : "Tukontology: A Transcendental Approach to Understanding European and African Compositions of Reality"
• Ephraim, Charles : "Martin Luther King's Religio-Moral Context: The Struggle for Human-being-ness"
• Kalumba, Kibujjo : "Kagame and Mbiti on the Traditional Bantu View of Time"

Chair: Lawrence Bamikole

10.30 am - 10.45 am
Coffee Break

10.45 am - 12.15 pm: Session 7
LIFE, DEATH & ART

• Burton, Roxanne : "Philosophy and Literature: Antagonistic Ethnicities or Sisters at Heart?"
• Duerlinger, James : "Ancient Greek Philosophy and Contemporary Life"
• Bradatan, Costica : "Philosophy as an Art of Dying"
• Vanmechelen, Xavier : "Zest for Life"

Chair: Sherry Asgill

12.15 pm - 1.15 pm: Lunch

1.15 pm - 3.15 pm: Session 8
ISSUES IN AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY 2

• Bewaji, Ayotunde : "Discoursing Philosophy through Cultures - Challenges, Opportunities and Dangers"
• Hellsten, Sirkku : "Philosophy, culture and values"
• Mabana, Claver : "Critical Insights on African Philosophy and Negritude Literature"

Chair: Richard Clarke

3.15 pm - 3.30 pm
Coffee Break

3.30 pm - 4.30 pm: Session 9

ROUNDTABLE ON D.A. MASOLO'S AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY IN SEARCH OF IDENTITY

• Ed Brandon
• Frederick Ochieng'-Odhiambo
• D.A. Masolo

Chair: Stephen Geofroy