RIYADH - The Literary, Publishing and Translation Authority will launch (Wednesday, December 07, 2021 AD for three days) the work of the "Riyadh Philosophy" conference at the King Fahd National Library under the slogan "The Unexpected", and it will bring together distinguished international and regional thinkers and institutions to discuss the most pressing contemporary philosophical issues.

The conference program includes a set of interactive plenary sessions and workshops that address contemporary issues, highlighting the role of philosophy and its assistance in understanding the world today, in addition to its coverage of human cases. The second and third.

Participants in the conference include: Dr. Abdullah Al-Ghadami, President of the International Conference on Philosophy Luca Maria Scar Antino, Professor of Philosophical Fundamentals of Education at King Saud University, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Philosophy Society Dr. Abdullah Al-Mutairi, Professor Shaye Al-Waqayan, Heba Al-Deghaidi from the American University in Cairo, and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pretoria Mvo Chivas, Niall Kane Professor of Philosophy at the University of Padua, Italy, Nicholas de Warren Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania in the United States of America, and from UNESCO, Edwig Cher Water, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Education at the University of Nantes, France, and Fran O'Rourke Emeritus Professor at University College Dublin, from the National Autonomous University. In Mexico, Gira Rodo de la Fuente, along with a number of international thinkers and philosophers who will meet for the first time in Riyadh to talk about philosophy.

The events will witness 30 sessions, lectures and workshops dealing with various topics, including: “Philosophy in Islam: Perspectives from Our Heritage”, “UNESCO’s Work in Promoting Philosophy”, “The Good Side of the Concept of the Unexpected in Philosophy”, and “Mystery and Complexity: How does the individual deal with privacy in our modern world", "Homo Detritus (Destructive Man) and the spaciousness of time", and why Islamic philosophy goes beyond mere philosophy, and other titles that address the reality of philosophy in the contemporary world.

It presents multi-directional interactive workshops, including a workshop entitled: “Doing justice to the concept of the unexpected: Law and society in the face of the unexpected”, “Why (and how) we inspire children to become philosophers”, and “The Unexpected and the Limits of the Human Mind”, in addition to dialogue sessions with A number of speakers and academics, which will include discussions with the audience in various philosophical fields.

The Riyadh Philosophy Conference is the first philosophical conference of its kind to be held in the Kingdom, which will be organized by the Literature, Publishing and Translation Authority annually with the aim of creating a dialogue space that discusses the latest developments in philosophy and its modern applications, and supports philosophical content that is multidimensional and horizons, in addition to building bridges of cooperation between institutions active in the field of philosophy. From different countries of the world, and push the wheel of scientific and academic research in the philosophical field.

The authority made it possible to attend the conference sessions and the accompanying events for all those wishing, by registering through (the website).