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The World Congress of Philosophy (originally known as the International Congress of Philosophy) is a global meeting of philosophers held every five years under the auspices of the International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP). First organized in 1900, these events became firmly established after the Second World War. Each World Congress is sponsored by one of the member societies in a different country, which assumes responsibility for the organization of that Congress. The purpose of these events is to contribute to the development of professional relations between philosophers of all countries, promote philosophical education, and contribute to the impact of philosophical knowledge on global problems. The 24th World Congress of Philosophy was held in Beijing in August 2018. The 25th World Congress of Philosophy will take place in Rome in 2024. [1]

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List of congresses

#Date congressCountryHostTheme
1st1900, 1 Aug – 5 Aug Paris, Flag of France.svg  France
2nd1904, 4 Sep – 8 Sep Geneva, Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
3rd1908, 31 Aug – 5 Sep Heidelberg, Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
4th1911, 5 Apr – 11 Apr Bologna, Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
5th1924, 5 May – 9 May Naples, Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
6th1926, 13 Sep – 17 Sep Boston, Flag of the United States.svg  United States
7th1930, 1 Sep – 6 Sep Oxford, Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
8th1934, 2 Sep – 7 Sep Prague, Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
9th1937, 31 Jul – 6 Aug Paris, Flag of France.svg  France "Congrès Descartes", on the 3rd centenary of Discours de la Méthode
10th1948, 11 Aug – 18 Aug Amsterdam, Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
11th1953, 20 Aug – 26 Aug Brussels, Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
12th1958, 12 Sep – 18 Sep Venice, Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
13th1963, 7 Sep – 14 Sep Mexico City, Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
14th1968, 2 Sep – 9 Sep Vienna, Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
15th1973, 17 Sep – 22 Sep Varna, Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Science, Technology, Man
16th1978, 26 Aug – 2 Sep Düsseldorf, Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
17th1983, 21 Aug – 27 Aug Montreal, Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Philosophy and Culture
18th1988, 21 Aug – 27 Aug Brighton, Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The Philosophical Understanding of Human Beings
19th1993, 22 Aug – 28 Aug Moscow, Flag of Russia.svg  Russia [2] Mankind at a Turning Point: Philosophical Perspectives
20th1998, 10 Aug – 15 Aug Boston, Flag of the United States.svg  United States [3] Paideia: Philosophy Educating Humanity
21st2003, 10 Aug – 17 Aug Istanbul, Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey [4] [5] İoanna Kuçuradi Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Philosophy Facing World Problems
22nd2008, 30 Jul – 5 Aug Seoul, Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea [2] Peter Kemp Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Rethinking Philosophy Today
23rd2013, 4 Aug – 10 Aug Athens, Flag of Greece.svg  Greece [6] Konstantinos Boudouris Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Philosophy as Inquiry and Way of Life
24th2018, 13 Aug – 20 Aug Beijing, Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Learning To Be Human
25th2024, 1 Aug – 8 Aug Rome, Flag of Italy.svg  Italy [7] [8] Philosophy across Boundaries

Overview

The first International Congress of Philosophy was held in Paris in 1900 on the occasion of the Universal Exhibition. Among the participants were Henri Bergson, Maurice Blondel, Moritz Cantor, Louis Couturat, Henri Poincaré, Giuseppe Peano and Bertrand Russell. The second International Congress took place in Geneva in 1904; the third was held in Heidelberg in 1908 (with Josiah Royce, Wilhelm Windelband and Benedetto Croce). The First World War interrupted the sequence of these events after the 4th International Congress in Bologna in 1911.

Thereafter these congresses were held in Naples (1924), Cambridge, US (1926), Oxford, UK (1930), Prague (1934), and Paris (1937). The next International Congress of Philosophy was held in 1948, and these events have been held every five years under FISP sponsorship ever since. Recent congresses have taken place in Brighton (1988), Moscow (1993), Boston (1998), Istanbul (2003), Seoul (2008), and Athens (2013). The event became known as the World Congress of Philosophy in 1973. [9]

The 20th World Congress

Thousands of philosophers from dozens of countries participated in the week-long event in Boston sponsored by the International Federation of Philosophical Societies. An edited selection of the papers presented were published as The Proceedings of the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy in twelve thematically organized volumes by the Philosophy Documentation Center, in cooperation with the Congress's American Organizing Committee. All papers are available online at the Paideia Archives. [10] The topics of the volumes include:

  1. Ethics;
  2. Metaphysics;
  3. Philosophy of Education;
  4. Philosophies of Religion, Art, and Creativity;
  5. Epistemology;
  6. Analytic Philosophy & Logic;
  7. Modern Philosophy;
  8. Contemporary Philosophy;
  9. Philosophy of Mind;
  10. Philosophy of Science;
  11. Social and Political Philosophy;
  12. Intercultural Philosophy.

These Proceedings were edited by Jaakko Hintikka, Robert Cummings Neville, Ernest Sosa, and Alan M. Olson. Notable contributors include Pierre Aubenque, Evandro Agazzi, Karl-Otto Apel, Natalia Avtonomova, Arindam Chakrabarti, Chung-ying Cheng, Daniel Dennett, Fred Dretske, Jorge J.E. Gracia, Marjorie Grene, Adolf Grünbaum, Jaakko Hintikka, Ted Honderich, Ioanna Kucuradi, Hans Lenk, Alasdair MacIntyre, C. Ulises Moulines, W. V. Quine, Gunnar Skirbekk, Vyachevslav Stepin, P. F. Strawson, Olúfémi Táíwò, Georg Henrik von Wright, Linda Zagzebski, Ernesto Gustavo Edwards, and Alicia Mónica Pintus. [11]

The 21st World Congress

The 21st World Congress was held in Istanbul August 10–17, 2003, and had the theme "Philosophy Facing World Problems". There were symposia on:

Edited selections of the papers presented at this meeting were published by the Philosophical Society of Turkey. These Proceedings include the following 13 thematic volumes:

  1. Ethics;
  2. Social and Political Philosophy;
  3. Human Rights;
  4. Philosophy of Education;
  5. Logic and Philosophy of Sciences;
  6. Epistemology;
  7. Philosophy and Culture(s);
  8. Philosophy of Religion;
  9. Philosophical Anthropology;
  10. Ancient and Modern Philosophy;
  11. Contemporary Philosophy;
  12. Philosophical Trends in the 20th Century; and
  13. Philosophy Facing World Problems.

The collections is accessible online in cooperation with the Philosophy Documentation Center. [12]

The 22nd World Congress

The 22nd World Congress took place in Seoul, South Korea, from July 30 to August 5, 2008, at the Seoul National University. The main theme of the conference was "Rethinking Philosophy Today, and there were four plenary sessions:

The International Program Committee was chaired by Gilbert Hottois. [13] Over 1,200 paper were presented at this Congress, and the Korean Philosophical Association published all of the contributed papers as an eBook in DVD format edited by Prof. Myung-Hyun Lee. [14] This collection is notable for its inclusion of papers in the seven official languages of the congress: English, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Korean, French, and German. [15] It has also been made available online in cooperation with the Philosophy Documentation Center Invited papers were published separately as a special supplement to the Journal of Philosophical Research . [16]

The 23rd World Congress

The 23rd World Congress took place in Athens, Greece, August 4–10, 2013, at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The main theme of the conference was "Philosophy as inquiry and way of life", and there were four plenary sessions:

Chair: Evandro Agazzi (Italy/Mexico) Speakers: Souleymane Bachir Diagne (Senegal/US), Dagfinn Føllesdal (Norway), John McDowell (South Africa/United States)

Chair: Maria Carla Galavotti (Italy) Speakers: Susan Haack (US), Alberto Cordero (Peru/United States), Keiichi Noe (Japan)

Chair: Juliana González (Mexico) Speakers: Alexander Nehamas (Greece/US), Chen Lai (China)

Chair: Hans Lenk (Germany) Speakers: Seyla Benhabib (US), Abdussalam Guseinov (Russia), Abdolkarim Soroush (Iran)

A selection of invited papers from this Congress was published in 2015. [17]

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