Programme

Concert:
Herbie Hancock
accompanied by the Thelonious Monk Jazz Ambassadors

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Philosophy Day at UNESCO
Thursday, 21 November 2002
from 9.30 am to 10.00 pm (Free entry)

Message from the Director-General of UNESCO on the occasion of Philosophy Day at UNESCO

OPENING SESSION
Foyer Ségur at 9:30 am
Presentation of the day by M. P. Sané,
the Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences
Address by Mrs A. Bennani,
the President of the Executive Board (UNESCO)


PHILOSOPHY DIALOGUE
Virtual forum connecting young scholars in philosophy
all over the world – All day


"CAFE PHILOSOPHIQUE"
Bar des Délégués – All day


THEMATIC ROUND TABLES

Can Philosophy create paths for the emancipation of humanity today?
Questions on Human Rights, Democracy and Citizenship
(RoomVIII, 2.30 - 4.45 pm)
Organized with the University of Paris VIII and The UNESCO Philosophy Chair
Facultad de Filosofia y Humanidades (Universidad of Santiago de Chile)

Philosophy and Culture: Cultural Diversity and Cultural Rights
(Room VIII, 10.00 - 1.00 pm)
Organized with " Le Collège international de philosophie"

Culture facing globalization
(Room XI, 2.30 - 4.45 pm)
Organized with UNESCO Philosophy Chair
in the Philosophy (University of Paris VIII)

Question of origines :philosophical and scientific perspectives
(Room XII, 10.00 - 1.00 pm)
Organized with the "Institut d’astrophysique de Paris"
and "Centre de recherches en Epistémologie Appliquée"

Philosophy, Science and Ethics
(Room II, 2.30 - 4.45 pm)
Organized with "La Maison des sciences de l’homme" and
the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences (ICPHS)

Poverty, Justice and World Peace
(Room VII, 10.00 - 1.00 pm)
Organized with the International Federation of Philosophical Studies (FISP)

Philosophy and Transculturality
(Room IX, 2.30 - 4.45 pm)
Organized with the "Institut de la Pensée Contemporaine"

Philosophy and Human Rights
(Room VII, 2.30 - 4.45 pm)
Organized with the UNESCO Chair of Philosophy and Human Rights
(Hacetteppe University, Turkey)

Philosophy and the Media
(Room XI, 10.00 - 1.00 pm)
Organized with the « Agence intergouvernementale de la francophonie » and
the UNESCO Philosophy Chair, Faculté des Sciences humaines et sociales
(Université de Tunis I, Tunisie)

Philosophy and Knowledge
(Room XII, 2.30 - 4.45 pm)
Organized with the « Université de tous les savoirs »

CONFERENCES

M. Paul Ricoeur
Honorary Chairperson of the"Institut International de Philosophie"
(Room II, 5.00 to 6.00 pm)
"The struggle for recognition and the economy of giving"

M. Jaakko Hintikka
Honorary Chairperson of the"Institut International de Philosophie"
(Room II, 6.00 to 7.00 pm)
"Epistemology without knowledge and belief"

ART EVENT
"De la pensée", Art 'performance' by the French Artist Alexis Fraikin
Exhibition by the French-Pakistani Artist Sophie-Jan Arrien

Screen of film by RAI Television
(interviews of philosophers)

ABENSOUR Miguel ADOTEVI Stanislas AGAZZI Evandro AYMARD Maurice BALLANPHAT Marc BEGHOURA Zouaoui BIDIMA Jean-Godefroy BIRNBAUM Antonia BITBOL Michel BONI Tanella CARNEVALE Fulvia CASSE Michel D'ALESSIO Patrizia DAVILA Jorge DE SOUZA CHAUI Marilena DEBRU Claude DISSAKE Malolo Emmanuel DOLGOV Konstantin DOUAILLER Stéphane DUPUY Jean-Pierre FAGOT-LARGEAULT Anne FERRARI Jean FRAISSE Geneviève HEO Kieong HINTIKKA Jaako HOTTOIS Gilbert HOUNTONDJI Paulin bénin JULLIEN François KEMP Peter

KLEIN Etienne KORTIAN Garbis KUÇURADI Ioanna LALEYE Isiaka Prosper LEONARD Rose Mie LEROUX Gabriel LIEDMANN Sven Eric LIVET Pierre MATE Reyès McBRIDE William MOREVA Liubava MORIN Edgar NAGAI Shin NGUYEN Ngoc POULAIN Jacques RICOEUR Paul RORTY Richard ROUANET Sergio Paulo SAADA Julie SALOMON-BAYET Claire SAMAMA Guy SCARANTINO Luca SEDDIK Youssef TOULOUSE Gérard TRIKI Fathi TROTTMANN Christian VERMEREN Patrice WISMANN Heinz WULF Christophe ZARCONE Thierry

List of Institutions in the World that Celebrated the Day

For further information, please contact the Organizing Committee: +33 (0)1 45 68 38 12 / 38 55 / 38 26.
E-mail : philosophy&human-sciences@unesco.org