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FAH/DPHIL Work-in-progress Seminar – “Beyond Universal Templates: The Three Ethical Indicators (3EIR) and the Art of Contextual Conservation” by Ms. Lao Teng Wai
FAH/DPHIL Work-in-progress Seminar – “Beyond Universal Templates: The Three Ethical Indicators (3EIR) and the Art of Contextual Conservation” by Ms. Lao Teng Wai
Microsoft Teams: https://go.um.edu.mo/rx3pei7o Abstract Properties inscribed under the UNESCO World Heritage Convention face a persistent ethical challenge: reconciling internationally mandated conservation standards with diverse cultural ontologies. This article explores this tension through a comparative analysis of Japan’s Hōryū-ji Temple Complex and Norway’s Urnes Stave Church, two wooden religious structures preserved through different methods rooted in distinct cultures. At Hōryū-ji, cyclical reconstruction embodies the Buddhist principle of impermanence, challenging the Venice Charter’s emphasis on material authenticity. Conversely, Urnes prioritises minimal intervention and the preservation of original fabric, reflecting a Nordic ethic of material authenticity that complicates the Nara Document’s focus on living heritage. Drawing on Wittgenstein’s concept of “family resemblances” and François Jullien’s critique of homogenized universality, this paper underlines […]
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FAH/DPHIL Lecture Series – “The Question of the Way and Errant Wandering: On the Transcultural Entanglement of Lǎozǐ and Parmenides” by Prof. Fabian Heubel, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
FAH/DPHIL Lecture Series – “The Question of the Way and Errant Wandering: On the Transcultural Entanglement of Lǎozǐ and Parmenides” by Prof. Fabian Heubel, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Microsoft Teams: https://go.um.edu.mo/7mnk1eav Abstract In his lectures on the Presocratic philosopher Parmenides from 1932, Martin Heidegger not only speaks about the “question of Being” (Seinsfrage), but also about the “question of the Way” (Wegfrage). This is understandable, because Parmenides distinguishes three ways. I would like to assume that Parmenides and Lǎozǐ ask both the “question of Being” and the “question of the Way”. In the case of Parmenides, Being can be said to take precedence, although the two attach very different, even opposite, meanings to it. For Lǎozǐ, on the other hand, the Way is in the foreground. For Parmenides, only the first way (the way of Being) is walkable, whereas the second way (the way of Non-being) is […]
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FAH/DPHIL Work-in-progress Seminar – “Can LLMs Outputs Classify as Testimonial-based Beliefs?” by Mr. Lai Hei Wai
FAH/DPHIL Work-in-progress Seminar – “Can LLMs Outputs Classify as Testimonial-based Beliefs?” by Mr. Lai Hei Wai
Microsoft Teams: https://go.um.edu.mo/rx3pei7o Abstract With the rise of Large Language Models (LLMs), scholars are starting to discuss the epistemological problems related to them. Recently, there are literatures that argue on the topic of whether LLMs' outputs can be classified as testimony. Scholars give arguments that they cannot be classified as testimony by the reason that LLMs do not satisfy varies conditions. This paper introduces and analyize these conditions. And further argues that even if LLMs can satisfy all the said conditions in the future. However, by way they understand the content of their own outputs is fundamentally different from humans. Therefore, we still cannot classify LLMs' outputs as testimony. Bio Lai Hei Wai is a Ph.D. Student in […]
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FAH/DPHIL Lecture Series – “Can family relationships in Ruist traditions be transformed? Reconsiderations of Ruist families from the perspective of the transformative dimension of culture” by Prof. Lauren F. Pfister, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
FAH/DPHIL Lecture Series – “Can family relationships in Ruist traditions be transformed? Reconsiderations of Ruist families from the perspective of the transformative dimension of culture” by Prof. Lauren F. Pfister, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Microsoft Teams: https://go.um.edu.mo/7mnk1eav Abstract IFamily relationships in Ruist traditions have been regularly linked to specific virtues that distinguish the younger from the elderly, the female from the male, and have often been employed in various historical periods for promoting strongly patriarchal forms of familial relationships. Some Ruist advocates have described these virtues and their related relationships in absolute terms and have declared their eternal validity. Nevertheless, there are a number of perspectives from within Ruist classical works that suggest that there are ways in which some of these relationships might be transformed. Bio Lauren F. Pfister is an internationally recognized sinologist and comparative philosophy scholar. He is a Professor Emeritus from the Religion and Philosophy Department of Hong […]