Tung Chih-hua, a communication management student at National Chiao-tung University, and Yang Chih-hsien, a student of the College of Chinese Medicine, agreed, "We joined the symposium because our schools don't offer courses in the humanities.
哲學大師牟宗三先生在第一天以「哲學的用處」為題發表演說。一開始，牟大師開門見山地說，哲學是「愛智」之學，哲學的用處是「以智潤思」，並「以仁養智」，期使自己成為一個發光體，能協助解決國家存續與文化出路的問題。