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2Google, ChatGPT, questions of omniscience and wisdomAsian Philosophy 1-15. forthcoming.The article explores how platforms like Google and ChatGPT, which claim omniscience and wisdom-like attributes, prompt philosophical questions. It revisits religious perspectives on omniscience and their influence on the pursuit of wisdom. The article suggests that while Google may offer compartmentalized omniscience based on user preferences, ChatGPT’s factual accuracy challenges its characterization as omniscient. Nonetheless, ChatGPT can still help humans progress toward wisdom, by integratin…Read more
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2Taking a Point of View on a Debatable Question Concerning Karma and RebirthIn Soraj Hongladarom, Jeremiah Joven Joaquin & Frank J. Hoffman (eds.), Philosophies of Appropriated Religions: Perspectives from Southeast Asia, Springer Nature Singapore. pp. 93-103. 2023.My thesis is that there is a way to mediate between two competing views about karma and rebirth by arguing for a third position. The first, or traditionalist view, is that supernatural agencies are required in the Buddhist system of concepts and that secularism and naturalized karma view will not supply concepts necessary for traditional Buddhism. The second, or modernist view, holds the opposite view. Supernatural agencies are not required in the Buddhist system of concepts, and even without tr…Read more
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9Global Philosophy of Religion and the Perspectives from Southeast AsiaIn Soraj Hongladarom, Jeremiah Joven Joaquin & Frank J. Hoffman (eds.), Philosophies of Appropriated Religions: Perspectives from Southeast Asia, Springer Nature Singapore. pp. 1-8. 2023.Global Philosophy of Religion is a constructive approach to the philosophy of religion. It aims to incorporate various religious perspectives to diversify the field’s theoretical and practical resources. Proponents of this approach hope that these diverse resources may aid in the progress of the traditional problems of the field. In this introductory chapter, we discuss how the perspectives from Southeast Asia, particularly those from what we call “appropriated religions,” may help in this endea…Read more
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18Philosophies of Appropriated Religions: Perspectives from Southeast Asia (edited book)Springer Nature Singapore. 2023.This book brings together different intercultural philosophical points of view discussing the philosophical impact of what we call the ‘appropriated’ religions of Southeast Asia. Southeast Asia is home to most of the world religions. Buddhism is predominantly practiced in Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Singapore, Laos, and Cambodia; Islam in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei; and Christianity in the Philippines and Timor-Leste. Historical data show, however, that these world religions are imported cu…Read more
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1Process concepts of text, practice, and no self in BuddhismIn William Sweet (ed.), Migrating Texts and Traditions, University of Ottawa Press. pp. 221-232. 2012.
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On Being Buddha: The Classical Doctrine of Buddhahood (review)Religious Studies 32 (1): 135-137. 1996.
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17Review of Buddhism, Conflict and Violence in Modern Sri Lanka, edited by Mahinda Deegalle (review)Buddhist Studies Review 24 (1): 122-123. 2007.Buddhism, Conflict and Violence in Modern Sri Lanka, edited by Mahinda Deegalle, pp. xv + 277, £75.00. ISBN 0 415 35920 1
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“Gandhi”In Edward Craig (ed.), Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Genealogy to Iqbal, Routledge. 1996.
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Review of Bruce Reichenbach, The Law of KarmaInternational Journal for Philosophy of Religion 35. 1994.
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“Contemporary Buddhist Philosophy”In Brian Carr and Indira Mahalingam (ed.), Companion Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy, Routledge. 1997.
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4“Karma in Buddhism and Jainism: Karma, Rebirth, and the Question of Transferability of Karma”Indian Philosophical Annual 23. 2001-2002.
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67Dao and ProcessAsian Philosophy 12 (3). 2002.This paper is about different types of silence, and about differing processes of philosophical investigation and sagely illumination. It is argued that the sagely Dao of wu wei leads to silence in the sense of no spoken words, and the philosophical way of proof leads to silence in the sense of no spoken words. So both proof and wu wei both lead to silence in the sense of no spoken words. Accordingly there is a type of silence that results from the explosive process of philosophical argumentation…Read more
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“Satisfactions and Obstacles in Philosophizing Across Cultures”In D. P. Chattopadaya and C. Gupta (ed.), Cultural Otherness and Beyond, E.j. Brill. 1998.
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“Buddhology”In William M. Johnston (ed.), Encyclopedia of Monasticism: A-L, Fitzroy Dearborn. 2000.
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Rethinking Experience in Early BuddhismIn Frank Hoffman & Deegalle Mahinda (eds.), Pali Buddhism, Curzon Press. 1996.
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7Introduction to Early Buddhism: Philosophical Texts, Concepts, and QuestionsResearch Centre for Buddhist Studies. 2013.SUMMARY OF INTRODUCTION TO EARLY BUDDHISM Introduction to Early Buddhism by Frank J. Hoffman is a work designed for introducing students to the central philosophical themes and issues in early Buddhism. The book is divided topically into chapters that give an overview of the life of the Buddha, Buddhism and Buddhist texts, Logic, Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics. Each of the chapters focus on a selection of Pali sutta (discourses) that explain the Buddhist position on the topic of that chap…Read more
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“Unskillful Karma: Environmental Pollution as Ignorance in Action”.“Unskillful Karma: EnviroInternational Journal for the Study of Humanistic Buddhism, Chinese University of Hong Kong 1 (1). 2011.
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“Buddhism: Overview”In William M. Johnston (ed.), Encyclopedia of Monasticism: A-L, Fitzroy Dearborn. 2000.
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“Mind and Mental States in Buddhist Philosophy” in Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Macmillan, 2006).In Donald M. Borchert (ed.), Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Macmillan Reference. 2005.
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“Process Concepts of Text, Practice, and No Self in Buddhism” in William Sweet (ed.), Migrating Texts and TraditionsIn William Sweet (ed.), Migrating Texts and Traditions, University of Ottawa Press. 2012.
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“Miracles and Conversion Experiences in Early Buddhism”In Conference Committee (ed.), Proceedings of the Won Buddhism Conference, Iksan, South Korea, Youngsan Won Buddhist Seminary. 2003.
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University of PennsylvaniaResearcher
West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Mind |
Philosophy of Religion |
Aesthetics |
Asian Philosophy |
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Mind |
Philosophy of Religion |
Aesthetics |
Asian Philosophy |