Philosophy Between Politics and Aesthetics(III)

SPEAKER: Wen-Pin Chiang

Associate Professor and Dean of the Department of Philosophy, Tunghai University

TOPIC:  What is Philosophy Useful For? – A Discussion on the Crisis of the Humanities

TIME:  15:30-17:30, Monday, 09 December, 2024

VENUE: LA 2009, National Sun Yat-sen University

As the education at Taiwanese universities increasingly emphasizes the cultivation of talents needed by industries, the humanities are facing the crisis of being marginalized or abandoned under the label of "uselessness." However, does viewing university education as "vocational education" overlook the true function of universities themselves? In the face of such a crisis, how should we reconsider the significance of university education, the function of the humanities, and the usefulness of philosophy?