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Dear list members,
Philosophy@Deakin will host a day-long workshop on Buddhism and
philosophy, featuring a panel of speakers
including Professor Jay Garfield.
We hope you can attend.
Kind regards,
AABS Executive
Buddhism and Philosophy: A Workshop with Professor
Jay L Garfield
When: 9.30am-5.00pm, 10 August
Where: Deakin Downtown, Level 12 Tower 2, 727 Collins St,
Melbourne
In his book Engaging
Buddhism (Oxford 2015), Garfield states that he aimed
“to show that we in the West can talk with, not about, philosophers and texts
in the Buddhist tradition” (p.15). In this day-long workshop, Deakin
philosophers and invited speakers respond to this and other philosophical
themes from the book. Themes covered include: ethics, phenomenology,
meditation, self, personal identity and comparisons and juxtapositions
drawn from philosophers Wilfrid Sellars and David Hume.
Speakers:
Jay Garfield (Smith College)
Shaun Nichols (University of Arizona)
Monima Chadha (Monash University)
Sonam Thakchoe (University of Tasmania)
John Powers (Deakin University)
Jack Reynolds (Deakin University)
Cathy Legg (Deakin University)
Leesa Davis (Deakin University)
The event is free and all are welcome. Please RSVP by August 7 for
catering purposes (and advise any special dietary requirements) to Leesa Davis:
leesa.davis@deakin.edu.au
with Garfield Workshop as the subject.
Jay L Garfield is Doris Silbert
Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy, Logic and
Buddhist Studies and director of the Buddhist Studies and Logic programs
at Smith College. He is also Visiting Professor of Buddhist Philosophy at
Harvard Divinity School, Professor of Philosophy at Melbourne University
and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at the Central University of Tibetan
Studies. He is the author or editor of 25 books and over 150 articles and
book reviews. Prof Garfield’s research addresses topics in the
foundations of cognitive science and the philosophy of mind; the history
of Indian philosophy during the colonial period; topics in ethics,
epistemology and the philosophy of logic; methodology in cross-cultural
interpretation; and Buddhist philosophy, particularly Indo-Tibetan
Madhyamaka and Yogācāra.
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Gold leaf covered schist reliquary in
the form of a stupa. Kusana period, North Western India. National
Museum, Karachi, Pakistan. Copyright: Huntington, John C. and Susan L.Huntington Archive
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