World Congress of Philosophy

The "World Congress of Philosophy" is a global meeting of philosophers held every five years.

* The 19th World Congress was held in 1993 in Moscow [ [http://www.wcp2008.or.kr/congress/congress.asp WCP 2008 Website] ]
* The 20th World Congress was held in 1998 in Boston and was the largest gathering of philosophers of the 20th Century [ [http://www.pdcnet.org/world.html Proceedings of the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy] ]
* The 21st World Congress was held in 2003 in Istanbul ["Philosophy Now" [http://www.philosophynow.org/issue43/43steinbauer.htm The 21st World Congress of Philosophy] ] [ [http://www.wcp2003.org/philosophy.html Address on WCP 2003 Website] ]
* The 22nd World Congress will be held in 2008 in Seoul [ [http://www.wcp2008.or.kr/congress/congress.asp WCP 2008 Website] ]

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. Approximately 260 of the papers presented were published as "The Proceedings of the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy" in twelve thematically organized hardbound volumes, in cooperation with the Congress's American Organizing Committee by the Philosophy Documentation Center. The topics of the volumes are: Ethics; Metaphysics; Philosophy of Education; Philosophies of Religion, Art, and Creativity; Epistemology; Analytic Philosophy & Logic; Modern Philosophy; Contemporary Philosophy; Philosophy of Mind; Philosophy of Science; Social and Political Philosophy; and Intercultural Philosophy.

The Proceedings were edited by Jaakko Hintikka, Robert Neville, Ernest Sosa, and Alan Olson and include papers by Pierre Aubenque, Evandro Agazzi, Karl-Ott Apel, Natalia Avtonomova, Arindam Chakrabarti, Chung-ying Cheng, Daniel Dennett, Fred Dretske, Jorge J.E. Gracia, Marjorie Grene, Adolf Grünbaum, Jaakko Hintikka, Ted Honderich, Ionna Kuçuradi, Hans Lenk, Alasdair MacIntyre, C. Ulises Moulines, W. V. Quine, Gunnar Skirbekk, Vyachevslav Stepin, P. F. Strawson, Olúfémi Táíwò, Georg Henrik von Wright, and Linda Zagzebski. [ [http://www.pdcnet.org/world.html Proceeedings Description] ]

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:
* Inequality, Poverty and Development: Philosophical Perspectives
* Violence, War and Peace
* Democracy and its Future: Citizenship and Civil Society
* Human Rights: Concepts, Problems and Prospects
* Philosophy in Turkey

The proceedings are supposed to appear in 13 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 XXth Century; and 13.Philosophy Facing World Problems [ [http://www.wcp2003.org/proc.htm WCP 2003 website] ]

22nd World Congress

It will take place in Seoul, South Korea from July 30th to August 5th, 2008 at the Seoul National University. There will be four plenary sessions:

* Rethinking Moral, Social and Political Philosophy: Democracy, Justice and Global Responsibility
* Rethinking Metaphysics and Aesthetics: Reality, Beauty and the Meaning of Life
* Rethinking Epistemology, Philosophy of Science and Technology: Knowledge and Culture
* Rethinking History of Philosophy and Comparative Philosophy: Traditions, Critique and Dialogue

The deadline for submitting papers for the conference had been postponed to September 1, 2007, and only electronic submissions were allowed. The International Program Committee is chaired by Gilbert Hottois [ [http://www.wcp2008.or.kr/congress/congress_01.asp WCP International Committees] ] ]

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