The 30th Anniversary Conference

The Japan Society for Process Studies

≪UNIFIED THEME≫

Whitehead and Ethics in the Contemporary World

― For Sustainability and Common Good ―

Period: October 24, 25, and 26, 2008

Location: Aomori Public College


October 24, Friday International Section：Large Meeting Room

General Moderator：Dennis U. Okamoto (Aomori Public College)

(Each Session except for Keynote, Presentation 30minutes, Comment and Discussion 20minutes)

10：10～10 ：20 / Opening Address：Haruo Murata (Pres., Society for PS, Aomori Public College, Japan)
10：20～11：15 / Keynote Address：“Ethics and the Fabric of the Universe”
David R. Griffin (Claremont School of Theology, U.S.A.)
Chairperson : Tokiyuki Nobuhara (Keiwa College, Japan)
11：15～11：30 / Questions and Answers
11：30～12：20 / “Emotional Intellect and Whitehead’s view of Civilization”
Seisaku Yamamoto (Kyoto University, Japan)
Chairperson：Eiko Hanaoka (Nara Sangyo University)
Commentator：Chengbing Wang (Beijing Normal University, China)
12：20～13：20 / Lunch
13：20～14：10 / “Process Philosophy and the Scientific Outlook on Development”
Xiangping Shen (Beijing Normal University, China)
Chairperson：Tsugiko Sakai (Tokushima Bunri University, Japan)
Commentator：Yoshihiro Hayashi (Ritsumeikan University, Japan)
14：10～15：00 / “A. N. Whitehead’s Ideas on Peace”
Youn Houn Chung (Chungnam National University, Korea)
Chairperson：Hiroshi Endo (Waseda University, Japan)
Commentator：Shigeru Taguchi (Yamagata University, Japan)
15：00～15：20 / Coffee Break
15：20～16：10 / “Whitehead's Eco-Philosophy of Nature, Japanese Shizengaku & Green Buddhism"
Steve Odin (University of Hawaii, U.S.A.)
Chairperson：Akiko Tsukamoto (Otsuma Women’s University, Japan)
Commentator：Yasuto Murata (St. Mary’s College, Nagoya, Japan)
16：10～17：00 / “Action Theory for Creativity and Process”
Bernard Li (Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan)
Chairperson：Yutaka Tanaka (Sophia University, Japan)
Commentator：Hitoshi Hongo (Tokyo Denki University, Japan)
17：00～17：15 / Summarization and Announcement ‐8th International Conference in Japan，2011
Yutaka Tanaka (Vice Pres., Japan Society for PS, Sophia University)

October 25, Saturday Special Lecture, Symposium, Members Meeting

: Room 543

The 30th Anniversary Reunion

: Aomori International Guest House

（Special Lecture 50minutes, Presentation 25minutes）

11：00～13：00 / Board Meeting (Large Meeting Room)
13：20～14：20 / ＜Special Lecture (Open to the Public)＞
“Science, Metaphysics and Narrative
―Whitehead's "Science and the Modern World" Revisited―”
Keiichi Noe (Tohoku University)
Chairperson：Haruo Murata (Aomori Public College)
14：20～14：30 / Coffee Break
14：30～16：50 / ＜Symposium(Open to the Public)＞
“Whitehead and Ethics in the Contemporary World
―For Sustainability and Common Good―”
Panelists：Hiromasa Mase (Tohoku University of Community Service
and Science)
Yoshiyuki Sato (Waseda University)
Tsuneo Sasaki (Aomori Public College)
Chairpersons：Haruo Murata・Masahiko Yoshihara (Aomori Public College)
16：50～17：00 / Coffee Break
17：00～18：00 / Members Meeting
18：20～20：20 / The 30th Anniversary Reunion

≪Bus Time Schedule≫

【Aomori station → Aomori Public College】

7：35－8：15 / 7：35－8：20
（Friday only） / 8：10－8：40 / 9：28－9：54 / 9：20－10：00 / 11：15－11：55 / 11：55－12：25
12：35－13：15（Friday only） / 14：00－14：26 / 13：55－14：35 / 14：30－15：10 / 15：25－15：55 / 15：32－15：58 / 15：55－16：40（Friday only）

【Aomori Public College → Aomori station】 ＊is to getting off at the bus stop ( Furukawa).

10：10－10：50 / 10：40－11：20 / 12：10－12：50 / 12：27－13：32…＊ / 13：01－13：40 / 13：30－14：10（Friday only） / 14：45－15：25
15：10－15：50 / 15：20－16：00 / 16：26－17：05 / 16：51－17：31 / 16：55－17：35（Friday only） / 17：15－17：55（Friday only） / 17：31－18：10
17：50－18：30 / 17：55－19：02
…＊ / 18：25－19：05（Friday only） / 18：50－19：30 / 19：30－20：05（Friday only） / 20：00－20：40（Friday only） / 20：30－21：32…＊

************************** For inquires, contact **********************

Prof. Masahiko Yoshihara、 Tel＆Fax：+81-17-764-1674 E-mail

153－4 Yamazaki Goushizawa Aomori－City, Aomori, Japan, Zip code: 030-0196

October 26, Sunday Presenting Reports: Free Subjects：Room 419･422

(Presentation 30minutes, Comment and Discussion 15minutes)

Session 1 (Room 419) / Session 2 (Room 422)
10：15～11：00 / “A. N. Whitehead and Sustainability”
By Shigeyuki Itow & Zhao Da Feng (Kyushu Sangyo University)
Chair Commentator: I. Hirata
(Kansai Gaidai University) / “Whitehead's Philosophy in the Transition Period ―Nature, Body, and Mind―”
By Koji Yoshida (Sophia University, GS)
Chair Commentator : Y. Goh
(Japan Biblical Theological Seminary)
11：00～11：05 / Break
11：05～11：50 / “The View of Labour in Whitehead
―Technical Education and Formation of Human-beings―”
By Yoko Hamazaki
Chair Commentator: Eiko Hanaoka
(Nara Sangyo University) / “On an Epistemological Significance of ‘now-here’ in Whitehead’s Philosophy of Science”
By Masami Endo (Doshisha University, GS)
Chair Commentator: S. Nagao
(Meiji University)
11：50～11：55 / Break
11：55～12：40 / “Issues of Contemporary Ethics and Whitehead’s Philosophy ―Propound the ‘Responsibility Spiral Model’―”
By Teruso Taniguchi
(St. Andrew’s University)
Chair Commentator : M. Hishiki
(Doho University) / “Co-present and Simultaneity”
By Motonao Mori (Osaka University, GS)
Chair & Commentator : Y. Tanaka
(Sophia University)
12：40～13：30 / Lunch
13：30～14：15 / “Towards Attaining a Sustainable Community”
By Dennis U．Okamoto (Aomori Public College)
Chair & Commentator : Gene Reeves / “Creativity and Sustainability ―Ethics of Civilization in Process Thought―”
By Yasuto Murata
(St. Mary’s College, Nagoya)
Chair &Commentator : N. Nakamura
(Chuo University)
14：15～14：20 / Break
14：20～15：05 / “Adventures of Practices for Cultural and Sustainable Values”
By Chu-ichiro Hirose (Director, Sustainable
Management Forum, Japan)
Chair & Commentator : S. Itow
(Kyushu Sangyo University) / “The Problem of the Ethics in the Contemporary World”
By Eiko Hanaoka
(Nara Sangyo University)
Chair Commentator: Y. Arakawa
(Tenri University)
15：05 / Ending