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William Deal

Case Western Reserve University
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  • Case Western Reserve University
    Regular Faculty
Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Asian Philosophy
Areas of Interest
Metaphilosophy
Philosophy of Mind
Metaphysics
Meta-Ethics
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Asian Philosophy
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  •  35
    A cultural history of Japanese Buddhism
    Wiley, Blackwell. 2015.
    Offers a vivid, nuanced, and chronological account of Buddhistreligion in Japan -- from its emergence in the sixth centuryright through to the present day.
    Buddhism
  •  51
    Introduction
    with S. Waller
    In Fritz Allhoff & S. Waller (eds.), Serial Killers ‐ Philosophy for Everyone, Wiley‐blackwell. 2010.
    This chapter contains sections titled: How Common Are Serial Killings? What is a Serial Killer? I Think Therefore I Kill: The Philosophical Musings of Serial Killers Can You Blame Them? Ethics, Evil, and Serial Killing Dangerous Infatuations: The Public Fascination with Serial Killers A Eulogy for Emotion: The Lack of Empathy and the Urge to Kill Creepy Cognition: Talking and Thinking about Serial Killers Psycho‐ology: Killer Mindsets and Meditations on Murder A Solemn Afterword: A Message from …Read more
    This chapter contains sections titled: How Common Are Serial Killings? What is a Serial Killer? I Think Therefore I Kill: The Philosophical Musings of Serial Killers Can You Blame Them? Ethics, Evil, and Serial Killing Dangerous Infatuations: The Public Fascination with Serial Killers A Eulogy for Emotion: The Lack of Empathy and the Urge to Kill Creepy Cognition: Talking and Thinking about Serial Killers Psycho‐ology: Killer Mindsets and Meditations on Murder A Solemn Afterword: A Message from the Victim's Network A Timeline of Serial Killers Notes.
  •  74
    The Serial Killer was (Cognitively) Framed
    In Fritz Allhoff & S. Waller (eds.), Serial Killers ‐ Philosophy for Everyone, Wiley‐blackwell. 2010.
    This chapter contains sections titled: Serial Killers, Real and Imagined Dexter Gacy Are Serial Killers Morally Responsible? Moral Responsibility: Emotions and Cognitive Frames.
  •  57
    The Mind of Santa Claus and the Metaphors he Lives by
    with S. Waller
    In Scott C. Lowe (ed.), Christmas - Philosophy for Everyone: Better Than a Lump of Coal, Wiley-blackwell. 2010.
    This chapter contains sections titled: What's in Santa's Mind? How We Know Anything We Know Santa as a Moral Exemplar Santa the Moral Accountant Santa as Moral Authority Example of Santa in Action: A Christmas Story Santa as Karma Embodied Conclusion.
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    Nichiren's Rissho ankoku ron and Canon Formation
    Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 26 (3-4): 325-348. 1999.
    BuddhismNichiren Buddhism
  • Brian D. Ruppert, Jewel in the Ashes: Buddha Relics and Power in Early Medieval Japan
    Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 29 (1-2): 152-156. 2002.
    Japanese Buddhist Philosophy, Misc
  •  36
    Book Review: R. Keller Kimbrough, Preachers, Poets, Women, and the Way: Izumi Shikibu and the Buddhist Literature of Medieval Japan (review)
    Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 37 (1): 163-167. 2010.
  •  70
    The Lotus Sūtra and the Rhetoric of Legitimization in Eleventh-Century Japanese Buddhism
    Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 20 (4): 261-295. 1993.
    Japanese Buddhist Philosophy
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