William Franke

Cognition, Religion, and Science: Macao-Toronto conference

“Natural Cognition, Universals, and the Nothing of Religion” Keynote Address for “Cognition, Religion, and Science”: A Conference of the International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR), co-sponsored by the Toronto Institute for the Advanced Study of Religion Philosophy and Religious Studies Program, University of Macao, January 13-14, 2015

 

 

Cognition, Religion, and Science

                                               International Conference                                                                                

Philosophy and Religious Studies Program, FAH, the University of Macau

Institute for the Advanced Study of Religion, Toronto

 

12-13 January 2015

Conference Venue: E4-G051, University of Macau*

Hotel: Grandview Hotel Macau**

 

 

 

12 January  
9:30 University bus from Grandview Hotel to New Campus
 

10:00 – 10:40

 

  

Welcome

Hong-gang Jin, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Macau

William Franke, Chair of Philosophy and Religious Studies Program, University of Macau

Donald Wiebe, Professor of Religion, Director of the Toronto Institute for the Advanced Study of Religion, University of Toronto, Canada

 
10:40 – 12:00  

Opening Speech

Natural Cognition, Universals, and the Nothing of Religion – William Franke, Chair of Philosophy and Religious Studies Program, University of Macau

           

12:00 – 14:00  

Lunch, Fortune Inn Restaurant on campus
14:00 – 15:30  

Religious Studies in the Age of Consilience: New Approaches Drawn from the Cognitive and Evolutionary Sciences – Edward Slingerland, Professor of Asian Studies and Director of Cultural Evolution of Religion Research Consortium at University of British Columbia, Canada Research Chair in Chinese Thought and Embodied Cognition, Canada

Experience, Imagination, and the Body of Ghost: Examples from Ancient China – Mu-chou Poo, Professor of History, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

 

Chair: Weigang Chen (University of Macau)

 
15:30 – 16:00  

Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30  

The Return of Science: Evolution, Cognition, and History (of Religions) – Luther H. Martin, Professor of Religion, Honorary Director of the Toronto Institute for the Advanced Study of Religion, University of Vermont, USA

 

Transcending Emic-Etic Dualism: A Perspective from Madhyamika Buddhism – Arun Bala, Senior Research Fellow, National University of Singapore, Singapore

 

Chair: Weigang Chen (University of Macau)

 
17:30 – 19:30  

Dinner, Fortune Inn Restaurant on campus
19:30 University bus back to Grandview Hotel

 

 

13 January  
9:30 University bus from Grandview Hotel to New Campus
 

10:00 – 12:00

           

    

            

     

           

 

Why Religion is Natural and Science is Not – Robert N. McCauley, William Rand Kenan Jr. University Professor of Philosophy and Director of Emory Center for Mind, Brain, and Culture at Emory University, USA

 

The Postsecular Turn in Education – Mario Wenning and Jinting Wu (University of Macau)

 

Chair: Weigang Chen (University of Macau)

                                                                                                                     

12:00 – 14:00  

Lunch, Fortune Inn Restaurant on campus
14:00 – 15:30  

The Scientific Study of Religion in a Global Context: Toward a Dialogue between the Cognitive Study of Religion and Buddhist Philosophy of Mind: a Yogācāra Perspective – William Waldron, Professor of Religion, Chair of Department of Religion, Middlebury College, USA

 

A First Look on Taoist Epistemology – Hing Wan Cheng (University of Macau)

Chair: Nevia Dolcini (University of Macau)

 
15:30 – 16:00  

Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:40  

The Heaven (Tian) as Big God – Jing Zhu, Professor of Philosophy, Institute of Logic and Cognition, Zhongshan University, China

 

Closing Speech

Globalization and the Scientific Study of Religion – Donald Wiebe, Professor of Religion, Director of the Toronto Institute for the Advanced Study of Religion, University of Toronto, Canada

 

Chair: Nevia Dolcini (University of Macau)

 
17:40 University bus to Café Litoral, Taipa
18:00 – 20:00  

Dinner, Café Litoral, Taipa
20:00 University bus back to Grandview Hotel

 

* For any further questions regarding logistical information, please feel free to contact Ms. Maggie Wong, Administrator of Philosophy and Religious Studies Program at University of Macau (Tel: +853 8822 4768; E-mail: maggiewong@umac.mo).

** Grandview Hotel Macau (澳門氹仔君怡酒店) is located at 142 Estrada Governador Albano de Oliveira, Taipa, Macau (澳門氹仔柯維納馬路142號). Tel: (853) 2883-7788. Your hotel room rates include both bed and breakfast.

 

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