PROGRAMME International ConferenceWorld view and theory in Indian philosophy

26-30 April, 2009, Barcelona, Spain

Unless otherwise specified,all events will take place at:Casa AsiaBaró de Quadras PalaceAve. Diagonal, 37308008 Barcelona

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Organising committee: Organisers:Professor Dr. Piotr Balcerowicz (Warsaw)Professor Dr. Johannes Bronkhorst (Université de Lausanne)Professor Dr. Claus Oetke (Stockholm University)Dr. Martín Sevilla Rodríguez (Universidad de Oviedo)Dr. José Virgilio García Trabazo (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela) Co-organiser:Casa Asia Advisory board of the Organising Committee:Dr. Juan Arnau (CSIC, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas)Professor Juan Luis Vermal (Illes Balears)

This conference has been sponsored by the grant under the Antoni Montserrat Programme 2009, summoned yearly byCasa Asia. 

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PROGRAMME 26 April (Sunday) - Arrival 27 April (Monday) - Registration, Opening, Morning & Afternoon Sessions, Reception 09.00 h-10.00 h Registration 10.00 h-11.00 h Opening session of the conference 11.00 h-11.30 h Coffee break 11.30 h-13.00 h Session 1: Theory of Debate, Logic and Epistemology

11.30 h-12.00 h Juan Arnau: Philosophy at Stage: Theatricality, Ritual and Logic in Ancient India12.00 h-12.30 h Brendan Gillon: The Correspondence Principle: its Versions and its Uses12.30 h-13.00 h Stephen Phillips: Cannibalizing Nyaya Epistemology 13.00-16.00 h Lunchtime 16.00 h-17.00 h Session 2: Theoretical Topics of Buddhist Philosophy

16.00 h-16.30 h Birgit Kellner: On the Relationship between bahyârtha-vada and vijñana-vada in Dharmakirti'sThought16.30 h-17.00 h Helmut Tauscher: Empty or shining bright? 17.00 h-17.30 h Coffee break 17.30 h-18.30 h Session 3: Later Buddhism and Samkhya

17.30 h-18.00 h Joerg Tuske: Santaraksita on the Emotions18.00 h-18.30 h Emilio García Buendía: Parmenides and the sat-karya-vada Doctrine of Samkhya 21.00 h Get-together reception (for registered participants only) Restaurant Cal Pinxo Platjac/ Baluard, 12408003 BarcelonaTel.: 93 221 50 28Fax: 93 225 26 28www.pinxoplatja.com  28 April (Tuesday) - Morning Sessions & Afternoon Excursion

10.00 h-11.30 h Session 4: Hermeneutics, and Law

10.00 h-10.30 h Larry J. McCrea: Rationalization and Sincerity in Mimamsa Hermeneutics10.30 h-11.00 h Timothy Lubin: The Relation Between adhikara and pramana in Legal Contexts11.00 h-11.30 h Paolo Magnone: Aho kausalam apurvam. Hermeneutical Wrigglings about the Isôpanisad 11.30 h-12.00 h Coffee break 12.00 h-13.00 h Session 5: Nyaya Philosophy

12.00 h-12.30 h Ernst Prets: Fragments of early Nyaya12.30 h-13.00 h Hiroshi Marui: The meaning of a diversity of established world views or tenets (siddhanta)in debate: What does Jayanta’s explanation of Nyaya-sutra 1.1.26-31 tell us?

The International Conference ‘World view and theory in Indian philosophy’ mediates between researchon the Indian tradition of thought and other branches of cultural studies. For four days, in Casa Asia,the concept of Indian philosophy will be approached, analysing it to clear what relation it has with theIndian culture and with the ideology and if, really, and the results of the studies of this traditionalphilosophy can be extrapolated to other areas of knowledge.

13.00 h-16.00 h Lunchtime 16.00 h-20.00 h Excursion

29 April (Wednesday) - Morning & Afternoon Sessions 10.00 h-11.30 h Session 6: Jaina and Buddhist Thought

10.00 h-10.30 h Akihiko Akamatsu: ‘Sky-flower’ in Perspectivism10.30 h-11.00 h Peter Flügel: Epistemological Foundations of the Jaina Doctrine of Omniscience11.00 h-11.30 h Ferran Mestanza: Theoretical view (drsti) and the literary genre of philosophical summa(siddhanta-sangraha) in Buddhist Indian literature 11.30 h-12.00 h Coffee break 12.00 h-13.00 h Session 7: Samkhya, Yoga and Nyaya-Vaisesika

12.00 h-12.30 h Óscar Pujol: Physicalism and Consciousness in the Yoga-sutra12.30 h-13.00 h Piotr Balcerowicz: The Nyaya-Vasesika tradition and the Artha-sastra 13.00 h-16.00 h Lunchtime 16.00 h-17.30 h Session 8: General Topics in Indian Philosophy

16.00 h-16.30 h Johannes Bronkhorst: Buddhist Thought Versus Brahmanical Thought16.30 h-17.00 h Olivia Cattedra: Suksma and Bandhuta, Subtle Visions of the World, Its Origins and ItsProjections in the Actual Vision of the World17.00 h-17.30 h Claus Oetke: Tacit Assumptions in Indian Philosophies 17.30 h-18.00 h Coffee break 18.00 h-19.30 h Session 9: Indian Epics

18.00 h-18.30 h Ana Agud: The Relative Weight of the Different Ideologies in the Bhagavad-gita18.30 h-19.00 h Shujun Motegi: On the Concept of Non-possession in the Moksa-dharma19.00 h-19.30 h José Virgilio García Trabazo: Dharma and Literature: On the world view of the ClassicalIndian Epics 30 April (Thursday) - Morning Sessions, Excursion, Dinner 10.00 h-11.00 h  Session 10: Religious Salvation

10.00 h-10.30 h Parimal G. Patil: Navya-Nyaya Theories of mukti10.30 h-11.00 h Takanori Suzuki: On the Theories of Emancipation among Vaisesikas 11.00 h-11.30 h Coffee break 11.30 h-13.00 h Session 11: General Perspective of Indian Thought

11.30 h-12.00 h Vincent Eltschinger: Apocalypticism, Heresy and Philosophy12.00 h-12.30 h Andrew J. Nicholson: Unifying Hinduism: Philosophy and Boundary Formation in LateMedieval India12.30 h-13.00 h Sven Sellmer: Implicit and Scientific Psychology as Elements of Indian World Views 13.00 h-13.15 h Closing Session 13.15 h-16.00 h Lunchtime 16.00 h-20.00 h Excursion 21.00 h Farewell dinner (for registered participants only)