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Porto-Novo (Benin), 19-21 September 2002. A conference on ‘The encounter between rationalities’, jointly organized by the Centre Africain des Hautes Etudes, the UNESCO network ‘Paths of Thought’ and the International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies (ICPHS), took place there on the occasion of its 26th General Meeting. Seventy-two delegates from 33 countries. An ambitious academic programme, which, like all such programmes, we knew quite well we would never be able to cover, had been drawn up in four sections:
- Type
- Introduction
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1. What is rationality?
2. Rationality and academic disciplines (rationality and irrationality in the ‘hard’ sciences; rationality and irrationality in the ‘soff sciences; the indiscipline of disciplines)
3. Rationality and cultures (beliefs in witchcraft; rationality and language; religions and rationality; talking about the sciences in non-European languages [practical workshop])
4. Rationality and social practices (in politics: rationality and irrationality in the management of people; in economics: rationality and irrationality in the management of things; in relations with others and the self: ‘madnesses’, ‘rational’ behaviour).