The International Society for Universal Dialogue Events

August 1^st – 8^th, 2024 (ISUD Conference)

Theme: Philosophy across Boundaries

Program: XXV World Congress of Philosophy (external link)

ISUD members participated at the XXV World Congress of Philosophy, August 1st – 8th, 2024 in Rome. They joined more than 5,000 other scholars, from all parts of the globe, among the roughly half of the total applicants for this event, whose work was accepted for presentation.

July 10^th – 12^th, 2018 (ISUD Congress)

Theme: Philosophy in an Age of Crisis: Challenges and Prospects

Program: 10^th World Congress in Lima (external link)

Hosted by the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. The goal of this World Congress was to promote dialogue concerning various crucial philosophical issues in today’s world and to explore the role of philosophy in our complicated times. The world we live in faces many urgent issues that require sustained and productive cross-cultural dialogue. The ideals of global peace and security remain elusive while a sense of uncertainty pervades the dominant institutions of contemporary life. Traditional human values underlying our social and political institutions are continually transformed by new developments in information technology, digitalization, artificial intelligence, and the drive for economic efficiency. Although the globalization of trade and technology has brought people together as never before, our differing outlooks, habits, and ideologies continue to separate us.

As philosophers, we must neither shut ourselves in ivory towers nor indulge ourselves with armchair philosophy. We must face the issues that define our moment in history. Our times demand that we, as philosophers, work to foster intellectual insight, imagination, social responsibility, and justice.

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August 13^th – 20^th, 2018 (ISUD Conference)

Theme: Learning To Be Human (学以成人)

Program: XXIV Congress of Philosophy (external link)

ISUD members participated at the XXIV World Congress of Philosophy, Beijing. They joined more than 7,000 other scholars, representing 121 countries and regions.

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July 11^th – 15^th (ISUD Congress)

Theme: Values and Ideals: Theory and Praxis

Program: 11^th World Congress in Warsaw (link pending)

The 2016 XI ISUD World Congress was conducted as a celebration of the Society’s founding twenty-eight years prior in Warsaw. The Congress featured a geographically and culturally diverse group of scholars representing 39 countries from North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Pacific Island nations. Approximately 145 scholars attended and presented original research at the Congress. A spirit of good will and eagerness to engage in and cultivate inter-cultural philosophical dialogue pervaded the dynamics of the meeting.

The goal of this World Congress is to explore the role of ideals and values across a wide spectrum of theoretical and practical issues. We wish to investigate the role of ideals and values in social and political life, in the formation of personal and cultural identities, in science and art as well as in moral reasoning and practice. We also hope to promote discussion on the epistemic grounds of moral judgments and the ontological underpinnings of moral discourse. ISUD is committed to promoting philosophical discourse intended to encourage the emergence of a more decent and humane world.

July 4^th – 9^th (ISUD Congress)

Theme: The Human Being: Its Nature and Functions

Program: 10^th World Congress in Craiova (external link)

In the 21st Century, we need a global examination of the human being. The privileged position which was the basis of much of western philosophy is no longer accepted by a number of thinkers. Some relevant topics pertaining to this theme are: the old nature versus nurture revisited and the relation of humans to other living beings; various world views which are based in religion; the role of myth in the various world views; the future of religion as an influence on human beliefs and values; the scientific explanation of reality; the problem with scientism; questioning various epistemological methodologies: the interconnectedness and interdependence of all life; the continued exploitation of the earth by human beings; the role of morality in human behavior; virtue theory versus duty theory, i.e., theory based on principles or rules; animal instincts, such as the sex drive, which drives procreation; overpopulation; how to plan cities, towns and farm land for the future; the effect of the global economy on human life and values; and perhaps the most difficult issue of all, namely, human knowledge from a human perspective.

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August 4^th – 10^th, 2013 (ISUD Conference)

Theme: Philosophy as Inquiry and Way of Life

Program: XXIII Congress of Philosophy (external link)

ISUD members participated at the XXII World Congress of Philosophy, Athens. They joined more than 5,000 other scholars, from all parts of the globe.

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June 22^nd – 27^th (ISUD Congress)

Theme: Democratic Culture: Historical Reflections and Modern Transformations

Program: 9^th World Congress in Olympia (link pending)

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July 2^nd – 7^th (ISUD Congress)

Theme: Dialogue among Cultures: Peace, Justice and Harmony

Program: 8^th World Congress in Beijing (link pending)

The International Society for Universal Dialog's 8^th World Congress in Beijing was hosted by Beijing International Studies University. This Congress marked the second ISUD congress and the third ISUD event to be hosted in Asia. The previous events having been the 2008 ISUD roundtable at the XXII Congress of Philosophy in Seoul, Korea and the 7^th World Congress in Hiroshima, Japan, 2007.

July 30^th – August 5^th, 2008 (ISUD Roundtable)

Theme: Rethinking Philosophy Today

Program: XXII Congress of Philosophy (external link)

The ISUD sponsored a roundtable session at the XXII World Congress of Philosophy in Seoul, Korea.

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June 1^st – 5^th (ISUD Congress)

Theme: After Hiroshima: Collective Memory, Philosophical Reflection and World Peace

Program: 7^th World Congress in Hiroshima, Poland (link pending)

July 22^nd – 27^th (ISUD Congress)

Theme: Humanity at the Turning Point: Rethinking Nature, Culture and Freedom

Program: 6^th World Congress in Helsinki (link pending)

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Theme: Religion, Politics and Suffering: Intercultural Dimensions and Challenges for Philosophy

Program: 5^th World Congress in Olympia (link pending)

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Theme: Mythos and Logos: How to Regain the Love of Wisdom

Program: 4^th World Congress in Krakow (link pending)

“In July 2001, philosophers from around the world gathered together in the ancient city of Krakow, Poland, for the Fourth World Congress of the International Society for Universal Dialogue (ISUD). Internationally renowned philosophers, as well as young emerging scholars, collaborated to explore a single theme: the connection between the ancient concepts of mythos and logos in the pursuit of wisdom. The concepts of mythos and logos have cast a long shadow in both the Western and non-Western philosophical traditions. They touch upon cultural, intellectual, artistic, and spiritual characteristics that are more or less common to all societies of the world. Moreover, these terms echo in our minds with a profound if distant resonance; their contours are both suggestive and ambiguous, and the uneasy and playful dialectic of the two notions keeps our intellects restless and our passions and emotions agitated. Powerful encounters between various manifestations of mythos and logos in the realms of art, literature, science, religion, philosophy, and politics have often brought about fundamental, exhilarating, and, at times, calamitous changes in the lives of individuals and in the histories of people and ultures.” - Steven V. Hicks

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Program: 3^rd World Congress in Boston (link pending)

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Program: 2^nd World Congress in Orlando (link pending)

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Program: 1^st World Congress in Warsaw (link pending)

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Program: 4^th International Symposium in London (link pending)

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Program: 3^rd International Symposium in St. Catherine’s (link pending)

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Program: 2^nd International Symposium in Berlin (link pending)

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Novenber 1989 (ISU Symposium)

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Program: 1^st International Symposium in Warsaw (link pending)

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