A Conference sponsored by the International Association for the Integrational Study of Language& Communication (IAISLC) Integrationism and Humanism June 23-26, 2014 Oberägeri, Central Switzerland Philosophically, integrationism is a form of existentialism. More exactly, it is a form of humanism in the Sartrian sense. (Roy Harris, 2013) In recent years intellectuals and educators have called for a new humanism based on rationality, secularism, and scientific knowledge. The university curricula and schools thus conceived are to enable their students to become responsible citizens as well as independent critical thinkers. This conference intends to explore the (present-day) concept of humanism and its concomitant models of ‚the human‘ from an integrational perspective. It seeks to propose answers to the following questions (among others): Is integrationism a form of humanism? How does it differ from other (current) humanistic accounts? How ‚human-friendly‘ is integrationism? What do integrationists have to say about human creativity, human reason, human authenticity, freedom (of speech), or the idea of science as a guarantor of a more humane society? What kind of ethics does integrationism promote? What role are the Humanities to play in the future, according to integrationists? Paper topics of particular int erest for this conference are hence the following: Humanism and anti-humanism Liberal Arts curricula Critical thinking Science and pseudo-science Science and/vs. religion The pedagogy of the Language Myth Human flourishing The question of “reality” Human rationality Demythologising the human mind Teaching integrationism and integrational linguistics Integrationism as therapeutic philosophy Neurosciences and determinism Human agency Signs and ownership Linguistics and the Language Myth Members and non-members are invited to submit an abstract (not longer than 500 words) by December 2, 2013 to the following email address:[email protected]. Notification of acceptance by December 16. Conference organizer: Dr Adrian Pablé (Secretary IAISLC)
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