The Francisco de Vitoria University (UFV), through its School of Communication, is organizing the academic conference “Julián Marías Today: The Relevance of Metaphysical Anthropology for Understanding Our Times.”
The event, open to the university community and the general public, commemorates the 20th anniversary of Julián Marías’s death and aims to examine the relevance of his ideas in light of contemporary cultural and social challenges.
programme for the day9:30 – 11:00: Opening remarks by Dr. María Lacalle, Vice Rector for Faculty and Educational Model
Panel 1: “Image and Word” Moderator: Dr. Nieves Gómez
“Vital Reason and Trinitarian Philosophy: The Person as a Model of Creation in Julián Marías’s Metaphysical Anthropology” – Dr. Francesco de Nigris
“Categories for Understanding Human Social Status and Its Relationship to the Business and Marketing Worlds” – Dr. Íñigo Urquía Uriaguereca
Coffee break
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.: Panel 2: “Toward a New Understanding of the Person” Moderator: Dr. Francesco de Nigris
“The Possible Dynamic Equilibrium from the Perspective of a Dual Anthropology” – Dr. Nieves Gómez Álvarez
“The Human Being as a Loving Creature: An Attempt to Move Beyond the Substantialist Framework” – Gabriel Rodríguez Rey
1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.: Lecture “Philosophy Brought to Life: A Biographical Reading of Marías’s Anthropology” – Dr. José Bernardo (URJC) Presented by: Dr. Francesco de Nigris
Food
4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.: Panel 3: “Rooted in Time and Morally Oriented” Moderator: Dr. Íñigo Urquía
“Person and Time: Biography, the Narrative of Human Life” – Ignacio Sánchez Portillo
“The Social Dimension of the Moral Roots of Intelligence” – Dr. Ángel Salmerón Rodríguez-Vergara (Universidad San Dámaso)
5:30 p.m.: End of the day
