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44Nichiren's Rissho ankoku ron and Canon FormationJapanese Journal of Religious Studies 26 (3-4): 325-348. 1999.
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19The Lotus Sūtra and the Rhetoric of Legitimization in Eleventh-Century Japanese BuddhismJapanese Journal of Religious Studies 20 (4): 261-295. 1993.
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18Book 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.
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11The Mind of Santa Claus and the Metaphors he Lives byIn Scott C. Lowe (ed.), Christmas: Philosophy For Everyone, 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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7The Serial Killer was (Cognitively) FramedIn Fritz Allhoff & S. Waller (eds.), Serial Killers ‐ Philosophy for Everyone, Wiley‐blackwell. 2010-09-24.This chapter contains sections titled: Serial Killers, Real and Imagined Dexter Gacy Are Serial Killers Morally Responsible? Moral Responsibility: Emotions and Cognitive Frames.
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6IntroductionIn Fritz Allhoff & S. Waller (eds.), Serial Killers ‐ Philosophy for Everyone, Wiley‐blackwell. 2010-09-24.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
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6A cultural history of Japanese BuddhismWiley, 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.
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Brian D. Ruppert, Jewel in the Ashes: Buddha Relics and Power in Early Medieval JapanJapanese Journal of Religious Studies 29 (1-2): 152-156. 2002.
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Case Western Reserve UniversityRegular Faculty
Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
| Metaphysics |
| Philosophy of Cognitive Science |
| Asian Philosophy |
Areas of Interest
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| Metaphilosophy |
| Philosophy of Mind |
| Metaphysics |
| Meta-Ethics |
| Philosophy of Cognitive Science |
| Asian Philosophy |