Introduction:
The world is experiencing the fundamental reconstruction of global technology civilization. As the axial concept of civilization gradually loses its mental leading power, and the root of humanistic values encounters the deconstruction of technology and reason, the “elimination of meaning” from nihilism has already ascended to the most incisive philosophical proposition in the current era. Theming “Nihilism and Future Philosophy”, this forum is dedicated to seeking possible paths for philosophical ideas to engage in value reconstruction.
Time：
April 24th-27th, 2025
Location:
Conference Center 118, Suzhou Campus of Renmin University of China
· Chief Planners ·
Zhang Zhiwei, Tang Jie, Zang Fengyu, Shi Decai
· Executive Planners ·
Qin Jiao, Li Kezheng
Organizers
School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China
Sino-French Institute, Renmin University of China
Agenda
· Opening Ceremony ·
Time: April 26, morning
Location: Conference Center 118, Suzhou Campus of Renmin University of China
Host: Song Lu, Deputy Dean of the School of Smart Governance
9:00—9:10 Wang Xiaohu, Assistant to the President of Renmin University of China, Executive Deputy Director of the Campus Management Committee, Dean of the Sino-French Institute, gives an Opening Remarks
9:10—9:20 Shi Decai, Party Secretary of the School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China, gives an openning remarks
9:20—9:40 Group Photo
· Academic Seminar: First Period ·
First Session
Time: April 26, 10:00—12:45
Location: Conference Center 118, Suzhou Campus, Renmin University of China
Host: Chang Da Editor, China Social Sciences Publishing House
10:00—10:45 Speech
l Prof. Che Yuling, Department of Philosophy, Soochow University:Combating Nihilism: The Main Dimensions of Russian Religious Philosophy
l Prof. Zou Shipeng, School of Philosophy, Fudan University: The Void in the Age of Technology—The Issue of Non-Labor Time
l Prof. Hu Hao, Department of Philosophy, Hunan Normal University: Jacobi on Nihilism
10:45—11:00 Q&A and Discussion
11:00—11:15 Lunch
Second Session
Location: Conference Center 118, Suzhou Campus, Renmin University of China
Host: Chen Guanghui, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Soochow University
11:15—12:15 Speech
l Prof. Zhao Weiguo, School of Philosophy, Shaanxi Normal University: Dependent Origination and Eternal Recurrence—Nietzsche's Strategy to Overcome Nihilism
l Prof. Wu Zengding, Department of Philosophy, Peking University: Debt, Punishment, and "Conscience of Guilt"—An Exegesis of Nietzsche's "On the Genealogy of Morality" Part II
l Yu Mingfeng, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Tongji University: The Sacred Coordinates of Nothingness—On the Issue of Nihilism in "The Antichrist"
l Prof. Ouyang Qian, School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China: Foucault and Nietzsche: The Transcendence of Moral Nihilism
12:15—12:30 Q&A and Discussion
12:40—14:30 Lunch
· Academic Seminar: Second Period ·
Third Session
Time: April 26, 14:30—17:15
Location: Conference Center 118, Suzhou Campus, Renmin University of China
Host: Zhao Tao Editor-in-Chief, Jianghai Academic Journal
14:30—15:15 Speech
l Prof. Cai Xiangyuan, Department of Philosophy (Zhuhai), Sun Yat-sen University: Naturalism and the End of Western Philosophy—On the Intellectual Direction of Future Philosophy
l Li Hongxia, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Soochow University:Does the Relationship Between Dasein, Others, and the World Require a "Mediator"?—On the Nihilism of Dasein's Being Thrown into the World from the Critique of Martin Buber to Heidegger
l Jia Liyan, Associate Researcher, School of Communication and Art, China Women's University: Heidegger and Technological Nihilism
15:15—15:30 Q&A and Discussion
Fourth Session
Location: Conference Center 118, Suzhou Campus, Renmin University of China
Host: Li Zhongwei Long-term Associate Professor/Researcher, School of Philosophy, Zhejiang University
15:30—16:15 Speech
l Prof. Fang Xianghong, Department of Philosophy, Sun Yat-sen University: What is the "Same" in "Eternal Recurrence"?—On the Importance of Riddles for Understanding Nietzsche's Philosophy
l Han Xiao, Deputy Editor, Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences: The Homecoming of the Homeless—Heidegger on the Shining of Primordial Nature in His Later Thought
l Wang Xiaowei Associate Professor, School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China: A Heideggerian Critique of Moral Reification—From the Perspective of "Letting-Be"
16:15—16:30 Q&A and Discussion
16:30—16:45 Break
Fifth Session
Location: Conference Center 118, Suzhou Campus, Renmin University of China
Host: Li Xiawei, Deputy Editor, China Social Sciences Network, China Social Sciences Publishing House
16:45—17:30 Speech
l Prof.Sun Zhouxing, School of Philosophy, Zhejiang University: What is the Dionysian Pessimism of the Future?
l Prof. Liu Senlin, School of Philosophy and Social Development, Shandong University: In What Sense to Understand Jacobi's Nihilism?
l Wang Jun, Dean of the School of Philosophy, Zhejiang University: The Uselessness of the Humanities and Nihilism
17:30—17:45 Q&A and Discussion
17:45—19:45 Dinner
· Academic Seminar: Third Session ·
Time: April 27, 9:00—11:30
Sixth Session
Location: Conference Center 118, Suzhou Campus, Renmin University of China
Host: Wang Guangyao, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Soochow University
9:00—9:45 Speech
l Zhang Hongjun, Associate Researcher, School of Philosophy and Social Development, Shandong University: Towards Realism or Subjectivism—German Idealism and the Issue of Nihilism
l Prof. Fu Yongjun, School of Philosophy and Social Development, Shandong University: The "Second Voyage" of the Understanding of Being—The Hermeneutic Path to Overcoming Nihilism
l Lei Siwen. Associate Professor, School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China: The Nothingness of God: Eckhart and Boehme on "Nothing"
9:45—10:00 Q&A and Discussion
10:00—10:15 Break
Seventh Session
Location: Conference Center 118, Suzhou Campus, Renmin University of China
Host: Li Kezheng, Associate Professor, School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China
10:15—11:15 Speech
l Prof. Zhang Zhiwei, School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China:Being, Nothingness, and Homelessness—The "Nature" of Human Beings in Heidegger's Philosophy
l Prof. Wang Qingjie, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of Macau: Nihilism and the "Do-Not" and "Things" "In-Between" Metaphysics
l Shang Jie Researcher, School of Philosophy, Zhengzhou University, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences:Nihilism, AI, and Art: The Future of Expression
l Cao Yihan Ph.D. Candidate, University of Paris I: The Nihilism of the Absent Nothingness: Rethinking Heidegger's Interpretation of Nihilism
11:15—11:30 Q&A and Discussion
· Closing Ceremony ·
Time: April 27, morning
Location: Conference Center 118, Suzhou Campus, Renmin University of China
Host: Li Kezheng, Associate Professor, School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China
11:30—11:50 Closing
11:30—11:40 Prof. Zhang Zhiwei, School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China, gives closing remarks.
11:40—11:50 Prof. Fu Yongjun, School of Philosophy and Social Development, Shandong University gives closing remark.
