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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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13Philosophies 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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16Review 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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“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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17Editorial: Meanings and applications of daoAsian Philosophy 12 (3): 155. 2002.This Article does not have an abstract
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38Rationality in early buddhist four fold logicJournal of Indian Philosophy 10 (4): 309-337. 1982.
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24Buddhist Belief ‘In’Religious Studies 21 (3): 381-387. 1985.Recent articles in Religious Studies have underscored the questions of whether Buddhism presents any empirical doctrines, and whether, if it does, such doctrines are false or vacuous. In what follows I want to sketch an interpretation of Buddhism according to which it does not offer doctrines which are empirically false, on the one hand, or trivially true on the other. In doing so I take my cue from an earlier, and by now classic, paper by H. H. Price. For the exposition of Buddhism I take the P…Read more
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“Zasto se budizam ne moze opovrgnuti?”“Zasto Se budizKulture Istoka (Beograd, Yugoslavia) (Broj. 23). 1990.
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“Is Won Buddhism, Buddhism?”In Bokin Kim (ed.), Won Buddhism in the U.S.: Issues and Visions for the Future, . 2008.
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11Review of Researches in Indian and Buddhist Philosophy by Ram Karan Sharma (review)Philosophy East and West 47 (1): 90-91. 1997.
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“Before ‘Post Zen’: A Discussion of Buddhist Ethics”In D. Z. Phillips (ed.), Religion and Morality (London: Macmillan 1996; New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996)., Macmillan and St. Martin's. 1996.
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.“Problemi komparativne filozofije”Kulture Istoka (Beograd, Yugoslavia) (Broj. 23). 1990 (july-Sept..
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36The Buddhist Empiricism Thesis: FRANK J. HOFFMANReligious Studies 18 (2): 151-158. 1982.In what follows I argue for two interrelated theses: that early Buddhism is not a form of empiricism, and that consequently there is no basis for an early Buddhist apologetic which contrasts an empirical early Buddhism with either a metaphysical Hinduism on the one hand, or with a baseless Christianity on the other
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“Evam Me Sutam: Oral Tradition in Nikaya Buddhism” in Jeffrey Timm (ed.), Text in Context: Traditional Hermeneutics in South Asia (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1992).In Jeffrey Timm (ed.), Jeffrey Timm (ed.), Text in Context: Traditional Hermeneutics in South Asia, State University of New York Press. 1992.
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24Buddhist Belief ‘In’: F. J. HOFFMANReligious Studies 21 (3): 381-387. 1985.Recent articles in Religious Studies have underscored the questions of whether Buddhism presents any empirical doctrines, and whether, if it does, such doctrines are false or vacuous. In what follows I want to sketch an interpretation of Buddhism according to which it does not offer doctrines which are empirically false, on the one hand, or trivially true on the other. In doing so I take my cue from an earlier, and by now classic, paper by H. H. Price. For the exposition of Buddhism I take the P…Read more
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4Breaking Barriers: Essays in Asian and Comparative Philosophy in Honor of Ramakrishna PuligandlaJain Publishing Company. 1982.Breaking Barriers is a collection of invited contributions by distinguished philosophers, scientists, and religious thinkers of East and West in honor of Professor Ramakrishna Puligandla. The twenty-three essays in this volume may be divided into four groups: Philosophy of Advaita, Buddhism, Indian Philosophy and Physics, and Asian and Comparative Thought. Contributors have written on topics such as the phenomenology of consciousness, science and religion, and comparative philosophy and religion…Read more
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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 |