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2Process Ecology and the ‘Ideal’ DaoIn J. Baird Callicott & James McRae (eds.), Environmental Philosophy in Asian Traditions of Thought, Suny Press. pp. 197-207. 2014.
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16The Huayan Metaphysics of TotalityIn Steven M. Emmanuel (ed.), A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy, Wiley-blackwell. 2013.The story of Huayan Buddhism intertwines in many ways with many other more well‐known forms of Buddhist thought. The Buddhist concepts of upāya or “skillful means,” prajnapti from Yogācāra and paramārtha satya from Madhyamaka, justify a range of pragmatic propositions, which represent a healthy way of viewing the world. Upāya refers to the diagnostic and prescriptive skill of a buddha or bodhisattva, who is ostensibly able to discern a particular person's problem and recommend a helpful strategy…Read more
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3Zhuangzi: Text and Context. By Livia Kohn. Honolulu: Three Pines Press, 2014. 335 pp. ISBN-10: 1931483272; ISBN-13: 978-1931483278 (review)Journal of Chinese Philosophy 42 (3-4): 425-428. 2015.
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9Roger Ames, The Art of Rulership: A Study of Ancient Chinese Political Thought. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1994, pp. xxv + 277 (review)Journal of Chinese Philosophy 22 (3): 367-370. 1995.
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42This book is the outgrowth of a panel of papers on the theme of "memory," presented at the 1987 Annual Meeting of the Buddhism Section of the American Academy of Religion. Four of the contributors to this volume, including Western phenomenologist Edward Casey from SUNY Stony Brook, participated in that panel, though the papers were obviously further developed since that inceptional presentation. The book focusses on the crucial but heretofore almost entirely overlooked topic of memory and rememb…Read more
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3The first seven chapters of the text, often called the Inner Chapters, are generally attributed to Zhuang Zhou (Chuang Chou), who, according to legend, lived in what is now known as Honan from approximately 370-286 BC. The rest of the text is often understood to contain fragments of material, some of which are sometimes attributed to the same author as the Inner Chapters, some of which are attributed to other authors, including representatives of the Yangzhu (Yang Chu) tradition. For the sake of…Read more
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6Book Review of Hsueh-li Cheng’s Empty Logic: Madhyamike Buddhism from Chinese Sources (New York: Philosophical Library, 1984), 220 pages (review)Journal of Chinese Philosophy 13 (3): 361-364. 1986.
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19In the Mirror of Memory: Reflections on Mindfulness and Remembrance in Indian and Tibetan BuddhismPhilosophy East and West 47 (4): 616. 1997.
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134Reflex and reflectivity:Wuweiin theZhuangziAsian Philosophy 6 (1): 59-72. 1996.Abstract I will explicate Zhuangzi's conception of wuwei as it is articulated in the image of the ?hinge of dao.? First, I will discuss the few actual instances of the term ?wuwei? in the Zhuangzi. Second, I will show that the text uses this imagery to suggest an adaptive or reflective mode of conduct. Third, I will analyse the metaphor of the hinge, and show how this metaphor can illuminate Zhuangzi's notion of wuwei and the behaviour of the realised person. I will show that the hinge represent…Read more
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2The primary project involves an analysis of the phenomenon described as Ki-energy. This concept is found in some form or another and is called by a variety of names in a number of traditional yogic and medical technologies. Counterparts to Ki from other cultural traditions would be, for example: qi from the Chinese tradition; prana from the Indian traditions; nefesh or ruach from the Hebrew traditions; and so on. Phenomenologically, this life force accounts for the activity and "living-ness" of …Read more
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64Book Review of Hsueh-li Cheng's Empty Logic: Madhyamike Buddhism from Chinese Sources (review)Journal of Chinese Philosophy 13 (3): 361-364. 1986.
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46Self-reflection in the sanlun tradition: Madhyamika as the "deconstructive conscience" of buddhismJournal of Chinese Philosophy 19 (1): 1-24. 1992.
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36Teaching Daoism as PhilosophyTeaching Philosophy 30 (1): 1-28. 2007.I propose to consider chapter 1 of the famous, classic, and foundational Daoist text Dao De Jing, attributed to Laozi, in order to enable a non-expert to negotiate the subject of Daoism in a global philosophy context, and to further enhance the teaching of philosophy by introducing and emphasizing at least some of the controversies that inevitably surround interpretation of a classical set of texts and ideas. This forces students to see through simplistic dichotomies and form subtler conclusions…Read more
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76Coutinho, Steve, zhuangzi and early chinese philosophy: Vagueness, transformation, and paradox (review)Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 8 (2): 209-211. 2009.
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56Guarding what is essential: Critiques of material culture in Thoreau and Yang ZhuPhilosophy East and West 58 (3). 2008.In his book "Walden", Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) describes an experiment intended to determine what is essential in life. His analysis includes a critique of the excesses of material culture, concluding that the most important concerns for human beings revolve around the retention of what he calls "heat." I suggest that there are a number of interesting parallels between this analysis and a cluster of ideas generally describable as "protodaoist" and often attributed to the legendary and obs…Read more
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15Zhuangzi: Text and Context. By Livia Kohn. Honolulu: Three Pines Press, 2014. 335 pp. ISBN‐10: 1931483272; ISBN‐13: 978‐1931483278 (review)Journal of Chinese Philosophy 42 (3-4): 426-428. 2015.
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