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21Approaching Shan Shui Art through GadamerConfluence 1 (2). 2015.Shan Shui art is a traditional style of Chinese landscape painting that has had a lasting impact on Chinese culture. This paper attempts to view a masterpiece of this genre of art – the artwork entitled ›Hermit Dwelling in the Qingbian Mountains‹ by Wang Meng – from the perspective of Hans-Georg Gadamer’s philosophy of art in order to show how such an artwork can convey an ontological insight for those who experience it. Instead of viewing the artwork as simply an aesthetically pleasing landscap…Read more
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36Approaching Shan Shui Art through GadamerAbstracts: Make sure to put the entire abstract in the cell. 2 32-51. 2015.Shan shui art is a traditional style of Chinese landscape painting that has had a lasting impact on Chinese culture. This paper attempts to view a masterpiece of this genre of art – the artwork entitled ›Hermit Dwelling in the Qingbian Mountains‹ by Wang Meng – from the perspective of Hans-Georg Gadamer’s philosophy of art in order to show how such an artwork can convey an ontological insight for those who experience it. Instead of viewing the artwork as simply an aesthetically pleasing landscap…Read more
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16031The Need for Basic Rights: A Critique of Nozick's Entitlement TheorySOCRATES 2 (3): 18-26. 2014.Although the Libertarian Party has gained traction as the third biggest political party in the United States, the philosophical grounding of the party, which is exemplified by Robert Nozick’s entitlement theory is inherently flawed. Libertarianism’s emphasis on a free market leads to gross inequalities since it has no regard for sacred rights other than one’s right to freedom from interference from the government beyond what is essential for societal functioning. I argue that Nozick’s entitlemen…Read more
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I'm Free: The Who on the Self in American SocietyIn Casey Harison & Rocco Gennaro (eds.), The Who and Philosophy, Lexington. 2016.
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690Do No Harm: A Cross-Disciplinary, Cross-Cultural Climate EthicsDe Ethica 1 (2): 05-22. 2014.Anthropogenic climate change has become a hot button issue in the scientific, economic, political, and ethical sectors. While the science behind climate change is clear, responses in the economic and political realms have been unfulfilling. On the economic front, companies have marketed themselves as pioneers in the quest to go green while simultaneously engaging in environmentally destructive practices and on the political front, politicians have failed to make any significant global progress. …Read more
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22Knowing Thyself in a Contemporary ContextIn Hans Pedersen & Megan Altman (eds.), Horizons of Authenticity in Phenomenology, Existentialism, and Moral Psychology, Springer. 2015.
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90Leibniz and Huayan Buddhism: Monads as Modified Li?Lyceum 13 (1): 36-57. 2014.When the question is posed as to when Chinese thought influenced Western philosophy, people often turn to the philosophy of the German rationalist Christian Wolff, whose 1721 speech on the virtues of Confucianism led to his academic indictment and eventual ousting from the University of Halle in 1723. In his speech, Wolff lauds the Chinese for attaining virtues by natural revelation rather than appealing to Christian revelation, which made their accomplishments all the more impressive in his eye…Read more
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