Association canadienne Jacques Maritain
Canadian Jacques Maritain Association
in association with the Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities /
en collaboration avec le Congrès des sciences sociales et humaines
and with the support of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada /
grâce à une subvention du Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada

Theme / thème

Philosophy, Culture, and Pluralism / Philosophie, culture, pluralisme

Université Laval / Laval University
Québec, Canada, G1K 7P4
May 24-25 / 2001/ 24-25 mai

Room / Locale

For general information on the Congress, click here.
Pour des informations générales sur le congrès, cliquetez ici.

Tentative programme:
 
 
 
Thursday, May 24,  9 -- 12:30 p.m.

Chair/Discussant - John Liptay, University of Toronto
Karen Mohindra, Dominican College (Ottawa)
     On Doing Philosophy in the Digital Age
Jerzy Wojciechowski,University of Ottawa,
     Sense Knowledge and Cultural Horrors
Kusum Jain, University of Rajasthan, India
     Replacement of the Rights-Centric World-View by the Obligation-Centric World-View
 
 

 

Thursday, May 24   2 --5:30 p.m.

Session on Language, Identities, and Culture
Chair/Discussant - William Sweet, St Francis Xavier University
Terry Eagleton, University of Oxford
     Cultures in Conflict
Tran van Doan, National Taiwan University, Taipei
     Asian Philosophies, Culture, and Asian Identities
Leslie Armour, Dominican College of Philosophy and Theology (Ottawa).
       Does philosophy necessarily reflect culture?
Jocelyne Couture, Université du Québec à Montréal,
      Culture publique et appartenances culturelles
 
 

 

Friday May 25,  9 -- 12 :00 p.m.

Session on The Role of Intellectuals in Society
Chair/Discussant - Toivo Koivukoski, Carleton University
William Sweet, St Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia.
      South African Philosophers, Pluralism, and Apartheid
David Tabachnick, Carleton University
      Grant's Lament and McLuhan's Understanding
Louis Perron, Université d'Ottawa / Dominican College (Ottawa)
      Pluralité de la culture contemporaine et visée eschatologique

 

Friday May 25,  1:30 -- 5 p.m.

Chair/Discussant - Pedro Paulino, Dominican College (Ottawa)
Chantal Beauvais, Université Saint Paul
      La philosophie et la culture de la bioéthique
André Mineau, Université du Québec à Rimouski
       Quelques présupposés historiques et idéologiques d’une culture de la santé
Robin Mathews, Simon Fraser University,
      Philosophy, Culture and Pluralism: Some Peculiar Canadian
      Conditions

 

Friday May 25, 19h - 22h  Conference dinner
 
 

Pour plus de renseignements, veuillez communiquer à
For more information, please contact:

Professor William Sweet,
Department of Philosophy, St Francis Xavier University,
Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5;
fax 902-867-3243; tel 902-867-2341; Internet: wsweet@stfx.ca