7th International Philosophical Dialogue “East–West” Successfully Held

Around 20 distinguished philosophers from universities in the USA, Serbia, Spain, Taiwan, Russia, Slovenia, Croatia, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, and other countries participated in the 7th International Philosophical Dialogue “East–West”.

The 7th International Philosophical Dialogue “East–West” was held from 5 to 7 October 2022, organized by the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (MANU), International Slavic University, the Faculty of Philosophy at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, and the Philosophical Society of Macedonia.

The opening ceremony and first session took place on 5 October 2022, starting at 10:00 AM, at the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (MANU). The sessions on 6 and 7 October 2022 were held at Mayberry Highway Hotel in Sveti Nikole.

Speakers and Presentations

The following speakers delivered presentations:

• Academician Vlado Kambovski, North Macedonia – “Western and Eastern Philosophical Thought: Division and Encounters”
• Academician Vitomir Mitevski, North Macedonia – “Philosophy Between West and East in Ancient Time and Today”
• Prof. Dr. Viorel Vizureanu, Romania – “Globalization: (Not Only) West to East, (But Also) East to West, Antiquity and Middle Age Perspectives”
• Prof. Dr. Predrag Cicovacki, USA – “The Mask of the Personality: East and West”
• Ljubomir Gajdov, North Macedonia – “Barbarization of Early Greek Philosophy”
• Prof. Dr. Dragan Prole, Serbia – “How the Cave Could Totalize Itself? Levinas and the Question of Unity of Pagan and Christian World”
• Asst. Prof. Dr. Gašper Pirc, Slovenia – “Normativity and Understanding in European Society After COVID-19 Crisis”
• Prof. Dr. Boško Karadžov, North Macedonia – “Aristotle’s Epagoge and the Concept of Epistemic Inductive Reasoning”
• Prof. Dr. Aleksandar Uskokov, USA – “Making Sense of Religious Experience: Jiva Gosvamin and Learned Perception”
• Prof. Dr. Jasmina Popovska, North Macedonia – “Why Do We Need Aristotle’s Phronesis Today?”
• Prof. Dr. Gaja Lukas Čufer, Slovenia – “Feminism and Ancient Philosophy”
• Asst. Prof. Dr. Aleksandar Stamatov, Taiwan – “Daoist Philosophy in Contemporary Context in the East and West”
• Prof. Dr. Vasil Gluchman, Slovakia – “Traditions in Slovak Philosophy and Ethics: Between the West and the East”
• Prof. Dr. Ernesto Herrero del Campo, Spain – “Traces of Ancient Philosophy in Ludwig Wittgenstein”
• Prof. Dr. Evangelos D. Protopapadakis, Greece – “Posidonius’s Notion of Sympathy and Its Influence on Arne Naess’s Ontology”
• Prof. Dr. Igor Radev, North Macedonia – “Most Solemn Silence Before the Raised Flower: The Transmission of Knowledge and the (Dis)trust of Language in the Platonic and the Chan Buddhist Tradition”
• Prof. Dr. Serdar Öztürk, Türkiye – “Constructing Generic Humanity by Bridging West and East Through Movies”

Conference Theme

The theme of the 2022 gathering was “The Heritage of Ancient Philosophy as a Bridge Between East and West.”

Each year, this international academic event brings together distinguished academicians, university professors, and philosophical researchers from various countries, providing a platform for intellectual exchange and dialogue between Eastern and Western philosophical traditions.