This Fall the Department of Philosophy at the University of Oregon will host an international conference on ETHICS IN THE AMERICAS. The central aim of the conference is to make possible the direct and intense encounter between Latin American and North American philosophers on the problems and possibilities of developing ethical thought beyond the current hegemonic structures and configurations derivative of Western European and North American articulations. The point is to investigate ethics from the Americas with a view to the development of pluri-versal world philosophies. This is a unique event in that the conference is structured as a public think tank, where all presenters will participate in the discussion of each paper presentation, while also providing ample time for questions and discussions from the audience.
The conference will be held from the 11th to the 13th of November at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art and will include the participation of philosophers and thinkers from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, the United States, and from Native American traditions. Among the speakers to present will be Enrique Dussel (UNAM, Mexico), Eduardo Mendieta (Philosophy Department SUNY Stony Brook Stony), Walter Mignolo (Duke University), Pablo Oyarzun (Chile), Ofelia Schutte (University of South Florida), Charles Scott (Vanderbilt University), and Daniel Wildcat (Haskell University). The conference is co-sponsored by The Oregon Humanities Center, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Latin American Studies Program, and the Department of International Studies.
All events will be free and open to the public. A detailed program for the event will be posted on the Philosophy Department website. For current information visit our web site http://philosophy.uoregon.edu/news/,or contact conference organizer Alejandro Vallega, avallega@uoregon.edu.