Asian Network for the Philosophy of the Social Sciences (ANPOSS) 2025

11 July 2025 - 12 July 2025

Taylor's University Lakeside Campus

Dr Eric Kerr

National University of Singapore

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ABOUT ANPOSS

AGENDA FOR THE CONFERENCE

ANPOSS COMMITTEE

ANPOSS is a young association whose goal is to promote exchange between all those interested in the philosophy of the social sciences mainly in Asian regions but also elsewhere in the world. We therefore encourage persons from both Asian and non-Asian regions to submit papers to/and join the conference.

Organisers:

Professor Dr Ong Kian Ming – Taylor’s University
Associate Professor Dr Harmahinder Singh A/L Iqbal Singh – Taylor’s University
Dr Deboshree Ghosh – Taylor’s University
Dr Carmelo Ferlito – Taylor’s University

You can download the full agenda here.

13:30 – 14:00

Registration and Coffee

14:00 – 14:05

Introduction and Welcome by Emcee

14:05 – 14:10

Welcome Speech by Professor Dr Barry Winn, Vice-Chancellor and President, Taylor’s University

14:10 – 14:20

Introductory Speech by Professor Dr Yafeng Shan, HKUST

14:20 – 14:30

Introductory Speech by Associate Professor Dr Harmahinder Singh, Taylor’s University

14:30 – 15:30

Keynote Address by Dr Eric Kerr (National University of Singapore) + Q and A

15:30 – 15:45

Break

15:45 – 17:00

Session 1

Chaired by Associate Professor Dr Francesco Di Iorio (Nankai University), this session features Abhinav Kumar on ontological individualism and Associate Professor Dr Kanit Sirichan (Chulalongkorn University) on the relationship between social ontology and methodological individualism.

17:00 – onwards

High Tea and Networking Session

09:30 – 10:00

Welcome Coffee

10:00 – 11:15

Session 2

Chaired by Professor Yafeng Shan (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), this session features Associate Professor Wei Fang (Sun Yat-sen University) on nonreductive explanations in the social sciences, and Thodoris Dimitrakos (University of Patras) on norms in scientific explanations.

11:15 – 11:30

Break

11:30 – 12:45

Session 3

Chaired by Professor Kei Yoshida (Waseda University), this session features Yafeng Wang (Northeastern University) on process tracing and causal inference, and Vinay Kumar and Sophia Tan (Nanyang Technological University) on philosophy’s role in faculty development in higher education.

12:45 - 14:00

Lunch Break

14:00 – 15:15

Session 4

Chaired by Professor Alban Bouvier (Aix‑Marseille Université & Institut Jean Nicod), this session features Associate Professor Horacio Ortiz (Université Paris Dauphine) on Deleuze’s multiplicity in monetary relations & Andrey Orekhov (Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia) on the CMW-revolution.

15:15 – 15:30

Break

15:30 – 16:45

Session 5

Chaired by Professor Kei Yoshida (Waseda University), this session features Clint Edward Hurshman (University of Kansas) on the ethics of clinical nudging, and Professor Napoleon M. Mabaquiao, Jr. (De La Salle University) on environmental non-anthropocentrism.

16:45 – 17:00

Closing Ceremony and Farewell Address

17:00 - onwards

Coffee and Networking

ANPOSS Steering Committee

Chor-yung Cheung (City University of Hong Kong)
Francesco Di Iorio (Nankai University)
Paul Dumouchel (University of Quebec/Ritsumeikan University)
Reiko Gotoh (Teikyo University)

Yafeng Shan (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Mark Tamthai (Payap University)
Kei Yoshida (Waseda University)

ANPOSS Scientific Committee

David Emanuel Andersson (National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung)
Hazel Biana (De La Salle University, Manila)
Jesus P. Zamora Bonilla (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid)
Alban Bouvier (Paris Sciences et Lettres University)
Nathalie Bulle (CNRS/Sorbonne University, Paris)
Keith Chan (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Hsiang-Ke CHAO (National Tsinghhua University, Hsinchu)
Sharon Crasnow (Norco College, California), Nevia Dolcini (University of Macau)
Chrysostomos Mantzavinos (University of Athens)
Masahiko Igashira (Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo)
Tetsuji Iseda (Kyoto University)
Maria Jimenez-Buedo (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid)
Basit Bilal Koshul (Lahore University of Management Sciences)
Zhu Xu (East China Normal University, Shanghai)
Julie Zahle (University of Bergen)

Napoleon Mabaquiao (De La Salle University, Manila)
Tarun Menon (Azim Premji University, Bengaluru)
Kanit Mitinunwong (Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok)
Horacio Ortiz (Fudan University, Shanghai)
Emmanuel Picavet (Sorbonne University, Paris)
Dhruv Raina (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)
Young E. Rhee (Dongguk University, Seoul)
Mark Risjord (Emory University, Atlanta)
Raphael Sassower (University of Colorado, Colorado Springs)
Teerapot Sirichan (Thammasat University, Bangkok)
Natsuka Tokumaru (Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu)
Stephen Turner (University of South Florida, Tampa)
Wei Wang (Tsinghua University, Beijing)
Tung-Ying Wu (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing)
Nevia Dolcini (University of Macau)

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