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27Dao Companion to Chinese Buddhist Philosophy (edited book)Springer Verlag. 2017.Too often Buddhism has been subjected to the Procrustean box of western thought, whereby it is stretched to fit fixed categories or had essential aspects lopped off to accommodate vastly different cultural norms and aims. After several generations of scholarly discussion in English-speaking communities, it is time to move to the next hermeneutical stage. Buddhist philosophy must be liberated from the confines of a quasi-religious stereotype and judged on its own merits. Hence this work will appr…Read more
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11On the Path to Ultimate Awakening: Women's Liberation in the Context of Taoism and Ch'an/ZenIn Charles Wei-Hsun Fu & Sandra A. Wawrytko (eds.), Buddhist Ethics and Modern Society: An International Symposium, Greenwood Press. pp. 265-280. 1991.
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16The Continuing Relevance of Congruent/Incongruent Names Revealed by Buddhist EpistemologyDao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 19 (4): 625-633. 2020.
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11Aesthetics of attentional networks: Chinese harmony and greek dualismJournal of Chinese Philosophy 47 (1-2): 12-30. 2020.Journal of Chinese Philosophy, EarlyView.
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20Winning Ways: The Viability (Dao) and Virtuosity (De) of Sunzi’s Methods of WarfareJournal of Chinese Philosophy 34 (4). 2007.
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24The Undercurrent of Feminine Philosophy in Eastern and Western ThoughtPhilosophy East and West 33 (2): 199-201. 1983.
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5‘Life’ as a Culturally Variable Ethical ConceptPhilosophie Et Culture: Actes du XVIIe Congrès Mondial de Philosophie 5 252-255. 1988.
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20Women on Love: Idealization in the Philosophies of Diotima and Murasaki ShikibuPhilosophy East and West 68 (4): 1314-1344. 2019.Although we have already entered the twenty-first century, the sexist assumptions that undermine the professional status of women philosophers have not been fully exorcised. Notwithstanding Mary Ellen Waithe's groundbreaking multi-volume A History of Women Philosophers, doubts continue to arise over whether there has been or can be such a phenomenon as a woman philosopher. The very concept remains mired in stereotypical images. Auguste Rodin's famous statue of a naked male, generally referred to…Read more
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13Culture and the Methodology of PhilosophyPhilosophie Et Culture: Actes du XVIIe Congrès Mondial de Philosophie 4 214-219. 1988.
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19The viability (dao) and virtuosity (de) of daoist ecology: Reversion (fu) as renewalJournal of Chinese Philosophy 32 (1). 2005.
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6Buddhist Behavioral Codes and the Modern World: An International SymposiumPhilosophy East and West 46 (3): 427. 1996.
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28Sedimentation in Chinese Aesthetics and Epistemology: A Buddhist Expansion of Confucian PhilosophyJournal of Chinese Philosophy 40 (3-4): 473-492. 2013.Li Zehou's theory of sedimentation seeks to explain the uniqueness of the human species through its use of tools, both physical and cognitive, leading to cultures grounded in aesthetic taste and the prospect of suprabiological beings. However, the very sedimentation that constructs human culture can stagnate into obstructing sediment. Buddhist philosophy offers an epistemology of desedimentation that avoids attachment to cultural sediment without summarily rejecting its potential usefulness. Mor…Read more
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65Buddhism: Philosophy beyond genderJournal of Chinese Philosophy 36 (2): 293-312. 2009.No Abstract
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311Confucius and Kant: The ethics of respectPhilosophy East and West 32 (3): 237-257. 1982.Although from diverse times and backgrounds, Confucius in the sixth century b. C. In china and immanuael kant in enlightenment both set forth doctrines for ethics and positive social interaction which revolve around the concept of respect. For confucius, Respect takes the form of "jen", What "ought" to occur when two people come together. Individuals are respected as social beings. In kant's case the principle of humanity demands respect for human beings "qua" rational. The difference reveals co…Read more
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68Kongzi as Feminist: Confucian Self‐Cultivation in a Contemporary ContextJournal of Chinese Philosophy 27 (2). 2000.
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60Deconstructing deconstruction: Zhuang zi as butterfly, Nietzsche as gadflyPhilosophy East and West 58 (4). 2008.Deconstruction and destruction tend to be viewed as a continuum, on the assumption that to deconstruct is to destroy. Deconstruction certainly seems intent on the death of definitive meaning, absolute truth, theoretical flights, and universal values. Versions of the deconstructive task have been addressed and applied by philosophers throughout history and across cultures. By examining such approaches we may learn whether deconstruction must bring destruction in its wake, or whether another outco…Read more
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24Meaning as merging: The hermeneutics of reinterpreting King Lear in the light of the Hsiao-ChingPhilosophy East and West 36 (4): 393-408. 1986.
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115Buddhist ethics and modern society: an international symposium (edited book)Greenwood Press. 1991.This volume offers a comprehensive overview of the status of the Buddhist tradition in a contemporary and global context. Buddhist experts from several Asian and Western nations address a number of ethical problems from the Buddhist perspective, including medical and environmental ethics, feminism, the social impacts of materialism, and ethnic minorities. All major schools of Buddhism are represented--Mahayana, Theravada, and Vajrayana--as well as a variety of sects such as Ch'an/Zen, Lojong, an…Read more
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45Holding up the mirror to Buddha-nature: Discerning the ghee in the lotus sūtraDao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 6 (1): 63-81. 2007.
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20The Problem of Evil: An Intercultural Exploration (edited book)Brill | Rodopi. 2000.This book is an intercultural exploration of the full scope of evil. The problems of evil have beset humanity throughout the ages and continue to trouble us. The studies here examine evil in Asian thought, in Western theory, in the cosmic order, in human psychology, and in social practice. Insights are added to the philosophical discussions from religion, culture, history, law, technology, and literature.
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San Diego State UniversityDepartment of Philosophy
Center for Asian & Pacific Studies DirectorProfessor
Areas of Specialization
Other Academic Areas |
Epistemology |
Aesthetics |
Asian Philosophy |
Mahayana Buddhist Philosophy |