Beyond dualism — philosophy, religion, science: the third Ereignis Conference

A divergence in Western philosophy occurs in early Greek philosophy (6th century B.C.) as Heraclitus asserts that things are in flux whereas Parmenides advances the argument that the universe is static. The latter argument seems to be confirmed by quantum physics: 20th century research in the field of physics establishes that the cosmos is static. Eastern epistemology affirms what to the Western mind appears to be a paradox: Phenomena in the external world exist in a state of flux, yet everything is one, and there is no difference between inside and outside. With attempts being made to transcend dualist though in Christian theology and other religious tradition the third interdisciplinary Ereignis conference (June 10-11, 2023) seeks to investigate how science and religion have questioned the status of dualist thought, and how they have influenced the development of each other.

Saturday 10 June: on-site in Gdynia, Poland

All times CET (Warsaw)

Time

Content

09h45

Welcome

Dr. Torgeir Fjeld, Ereignis Center for Philosophy and the Arts

10h00

Keynote

Prof. Jørgen Veisland, University of Gdańsk, Poland: “Spacetime in Søren Kierkegaard’s Repetition” Abstract

Moderator: Torgeir Fjeld.

11h00

Session 1

Alberto Oya, Instituto de Filosofia da Nova (Universidade Nova de Lisboa), Portugal: “Neither Realism nor Idealism: José Ortega y Gasset on the Task of Philosophy” Abstract Dr. Gorica Orsholits, European Graduate School, Switzerland, and Dr. Torgeir Fjeld, Ereignis Center for Philosophy and the Arts: “Beyond Dualism: Homo Generator, antagonism, agonism” Abstract

Moderator: Jørgen Veisland.

12h00

Break

13h00

Session 2: Student session

Qingxuan Wang, CUHK-Shenzhen, China: “On translation and the ethics for/of the Other” Abstract Lichen Yuan, Colby College, USA: “On Arendt and Agamben.”

Moderator: Lucy Huskinson.

14h00

Keynote

Prof. Lucy Huskinson, Bangor University, UK: “Psychoanalysis and Architecture: mediating our connection to the material world” Abstract

Moderator: Torgeir Fjeld.

15h00

Roundtable: Beyond Dualism

To the extent that the relationship between physics and metaphysics is entering a new phase in philosophy (e.g., by introducing indeterminacy to physics) and in psychoanalysis (by reconsidering the effects the built environment may have on the mind) in the 21st century, how may this new relationship lead to a different and more constructive world view?

Moderator: Torgeir Fjeld.

15h45

Day 1 ends

Sunday 11 June: online on Zoom videoconferencing platform

10h45

Welcome

Dr. Torgeir Fjeld, Ereignis Center for Philosophy and the Arts

11h00

Keynote

Dr. Jeremy Fernando, European Graduate School, Switzerland: “on translation & love” Abstract

Moderator: Torgeir Fjeld

12h00

Session 3

Franco Manni, Philosophy Department of Liceo Scientifico Leonardo in Brescia (Italy): “Truth and opinion” Abstract Gregorio Fracchia, IUSS Pavia-University of Turin: “Aquinas’ ‘intensive’ esse as the basis for a Thomist Parmenidism” Abstract

Moderator: Torgeir Fjeld

13h00

Break

14h00

Session 4

David Antolínez: “The rejection of cognitivism and the risks of ethno-psychiatry: Bruno Latour’s non-dualist proposal for psychology”

Moderator: TBA

15h00

Keynote

Vivek Narayanan, George Mason University: “Trapped Between History and the Transcendent” Abstract

Moderator: Torgeir Fjeld

16h00

Concluding words

Dr. Torgeir Fjeld, Ereignis Center for Philosophy and the Arts closes the conference.

14h15

Conference ends