Doha Institute holds symposium on World Philosophy Day

Doha, Qatar: On World Philosophy Day, the Philosophy Program at the Doha Institute of Graduate Studies (DI) organized a symposium entitled: Mind and...

Doha, Qatar: On World Philosophy Day, the Philosophy Program at the Doha Institute of Graduate Studies (DI) organized a symposium entitled: "Mind and Morality: In Need of Philosophy Today" on December 1, 2024. 

The event featured presentations by students from the program and was moderated by Dr. Rashid Boutayeb, Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Program, in the presence of Dr. Azmi Bishara, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of DI, Dr. Abdulwahab El Affendi, President of the DI and Dr. Amal Gazal, Dean of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities, alongside researchers and students. 

The symposium was opened by Dr. Raja Bahlul, Professor and Head of the Philosophy Program, who welcomed the attendees and noted that this symposium marked the sixth symposium organized by the program to celebrate World Philosophy Day. 

Dr. Bahlul highlighted the significance of focusing on “reason and morality” pointing out that many second-year students’ theses discuss the themes of mind and morals from different perspectives, in addition to the urgency of examining the complete dissociation of politics in today's world from morality where political and international relations have become merely cold rational calculations of interests and power balances with no regards for morality in times of peace or war.

Following this, Dr. Karim Sadik, Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Program, delivered a talk titled: (Philosophy in an Arab Context: Centrality of Morality), in which he explored how philosophy is understood in the Arab context, and environmental and cognitive crises, asking how organic Arab emancipation can be served under current challenges?