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Izutsu’S Zen Metaphysics Of I-Consciousness Vis-À-Vis Cartesian Cogito, Takaharu Oda, Alessio Bucci

Comparative Philosophy

Chief amongst the issues Toshihiko Izutsu broached is the philosophisation of Zen Buddhism in his book Toward a Philosophy of Zen Buddhism. This article aims to critically compare Izutsu’s reconstruction of Zen metaphysics with another metaphysical tradition rooted in Descartes’ cogito ergo sum. Putting Izutsu’s terminological choices into the context of Zen Buddhism, we review his argument based on the subject-object distinction and establish a comparison with the Cartesian cogito. A critical analysis is conducted on the functional relationship between subject and object in Izutsu’s metaphysics of Zen (meditation). This is examined step by step from the perspective of …

A Russellian Analysis Of Buddhist Catuskoti, Nicholaos Jones

Comparative Philosophy

Names name, but there are no individuals who are named by names. This is the key to an elegant and ideologically parsimonious strategy for analyzing the Buddhist catuṣkoṭi. The strategy is ideologically parsimonious, because it appeals to no analytic resources beyond those of standard predicate logic. The strategy is elegant, because it is, in effect, an application of Bertrand Russell's theory of definite descriptions to Buddhist contexts. The strategy imposes some minor adjustments upon Russell's theory. Attention to familiar catuṣkoṭi from Vacchagotta and Nagarjuna as well as more obscure catuṣkoṭi from Khema, Zhi Yi, and Fa Zang motivates the …

‘I Have Regained Memory’ (Smṛtir Labdhā): The Bhagavad Gītā As A Parrhesiastic Journey Against Forgetfulness, Raquel Ferrández-Formoso

Comparative Philosophy

This paper proposes an interdisciplinary reading of the Bhagavad Gītā, presenting it as a parrhesiastic dialogue between Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna, and focusing on the importance attached to memory. Foucault’s studies on the exercise of parrhesia (“true speech”) in the Greco-Roman context, but also Heidegger's views on the original memory, and Abhinavagupta’s commentary to the Bhagavad Gītā have been used as important tools of interpretation. Devotion is described as the constant memory of Kṛṣṇa, through which the practitioner succeeds in substituting some subconscious dispositions (saṃskāras) for others, building a psychic memory that allows for liberation at the time of …

The Yi-Jing Cosmic Model: With An Application Of An Alternative To Neoliberalism, Harry Donkers

Comparative Philosophy

Based on Yi-Jing we present an elaborated version of the Diagram of the Supreme Polarity that consists of immanent and transcendent processes via the void (Wu-ji), the oneness (Tai-ji), the twofold (Yin and Yang), the fourfold (duograms) and the Five Phases in combination with the eight trigrams (Ba-Gua) to reproduction and the innumerable beings. The duograms are further discussed in a quadrant system with axes derived from pattern li and vital energy qi. The model has similarities with Libbrecht’s model of comparative philosophy, but also differences. It is further consistent with the quadrant system …

David Milan, Douglas Martin

Communication Design: Design Pioneers

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Usapang Tapat: Tungo Sa Isang Katutubong Etika, Remmon E. Barbaza

Magisterial Lectures

Dr. Barbaza discusses ethics and language, using the Filipino word ‘tapat’ and its various meanings as case study.

Speaker: Remmon E. Barbaza is associate professor at the Department of Philosophy, Ateneo De Manila University. He holds a BA in Linguistics from the University of the Philippines in Diliman, an MA in Philosophy from the Ateneo de Manila University, and a PhD in Philosophy from the Hochschule für Philosophie in Munich, with a dissertation on Heidegger’s concept of dwelling, under the supervision of the late Prof. Dr. Gerd Haeffner, SJ. His research interests include Heidegger, language, translation, technology, environment, and the …

Hamilton Family Collection (Mss 698), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 698. Correspondence of the family of Eleazer and Emily (Perry) Hamilton of Middle Tennessee, and related families in Texas and Mississippi.

Adair, Lillie Edith, 1862-1950 (Sc 3550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3550. Correspondence of Lillie Adair, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Her letters of 2 July and 17 July 1879 to her future husband Thomas W. Almond refer to their recent meeting and reassure him about a possible romantic rival. A letter from Thomas of 9 July 1878 (the correct year may be 1879) expresses gratitude for her sentiments, his wish to marry, and plans for his next visit. Each poetically proclaims their affection for the other. Thomas refers to his work as a photographer when he explains that he …

Graduate School Records, 1942-1998, Graduate School

University Archives Finding Aids

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Inez Faith Humphrey Award Records, 1964-1970, English Department, Inez Faith Humphrey

University Archives Finding Aids

No abstract provided.

Imperial Myths, Abject Devotion: Mapping Affect In New Mexican Visual Culture And Discourse, N. C. Lira-Pérez

American Studies ETDs

New Mexican visual art and culture, as molded by state-sanctioned endeavors, is often casted in order to conceal the tension, conflict, and violence of settler colonialism and imperialism. Widely known myths of empire, such as the Tricultural myth, create a visualizing enterprise through which settler colonial logics transit and create political material reality. This thesis explores the following questions: How do New Mexican Hispanos and queer Chicanxs position themselves in relation to the logics of settler colonialism and empire? How are they positioned in relation to settler colonialism and empire? On the one hand, I argue that the state of …

The Walking Dead: Rhetorical Manipulations Of Death In Early Modern Performance, Chelsea Megan Lee

Theses and Dissertations

Death's presence on the Renaissance stage, and in Renaissance life, has been noticed and remarked upon by scholars in the past. The role of death in the early modern period was in flux due to major changes in religious and social life. During this time, the relationship between the living and dead was put into question, and the way the culture handled preparing for death began to change in significant, if subtle, ways. Renaissance drama became a stage for exploring and confronting the presence of death in life. King Lear and Hamlet remain two of Shakespeare's most enduring meditations on …

Muriel Rukeyser : The Contemporary Reviews, 1935-1980, Vivian R. Pollak

Books and Monographs

Muriel Rukeyser: The Contemporary Reviews, 1935-1980 is an open access bibliography with electronic links when available. It documents the reception of sixteen books of poetry and five books of prose, from Theory of Flight (1935) to The Collected Poems (1978). A set of “Additional Notices” includes reviews that are less tethered to individual publications, such as “Grandeur and Misery of a Poster Girl,” which appeared in the Partisan Review in the fall of 1943. The bibliography excludes reviews of Rukeyser’s children’s books, of her 1945 play The Middle of the Air, and of her translations. Prominent reviewers include Horace …

Master Adhen Devon Larry

African American Funeral Programs

Funeral Program for Master Adhen Devon Larry on July 27, 2020 at Eastside Cemetery

Bakhshi Art Schools And Their Performing Features, Ilkhom Akhtamovich Kushaev

Scientific reports of Bukhara State University

The article deals with the art of bakhshi, a school that was formed, their performers, traditions of performance, repertoire, as well as contemporary issues of education of dastans. In the past, within the traditions of epic performance, there were schools of epic poetry, which differed from each other with certain peculiarities of performance. At present, there are Bulungur, Kurgan, Shakhrisabz, Kamay, Sherabad, Khorezm and other schools of epic poetry in Uzbekistan.

The Turkistani Media In The Turkish Republic (1920-1960), Shodmon Akhmadovich Hayitov

Scientific reports of Bukhara State University

In the following article the data on media outlets of the turkistanis who were sent to emigration during the soviet authorities in 1920-1960 s. are scientifically reconsidered based on the sources. Along with articles on the history of Turkestan, excerpts from poems and works of art in the spirit of independence were published on their pages. This served to form a national consciousness, political and legal culture among Uzbek migrants.

The Significance Of Using A Biographical Method In Conceptualizing Navoi’S Literature, Obodon Istamovna Adizova, Gulrukh Shavkatovna Kahhorova

Scientific reports of Bukhara State University

The article describes the skill of academician Aziz Kayumov in using biographical methods in understanding the works of Navoi. The study of Navoi's works in a biographical way, that is, the approach to the author's work in terms of his biography, period of life, is a priority of the literary critic A. Kayumov, and fully demonstrates that it is the best way to understand Navoi This method is based on the fact that the poet's works contain information about his biography.

Poetic Interpretation Of Nonexistance (Fana) In The Epic “Laili And Majnun” Of Fuzuli, Shahnoza Abdimuminovna Kahhorova

Scientific reports of Bukhara State University

In the article It is conceived about the views of the author according to Sufism, particularly, about the artistic interpretation of the status of FanoendBaka in the epic poem of "Layli end Majnun". Fuzuli's epic "Layla and Majnun" was a mystical epic along with secularism, in which the poet skillfully created a tax in the person of Majnun, Ruhi Mutlaq in the person of Layla.

Philosophy Of “Female Prose”, Feruza Rashitovna Murtazaeva

Scientific reports of Bukhara State University

The article considers “female prose” as a phenomenon. Of particular interest is the work of the bright Russian writer Victoria Tokareva. Tokareva is interested in such moral categories as mental uneasiness, the need for self-expression, the fear of loneliness. These categories are never addressed by low-quality, purely entertaining writers, where the reader becomes an “imaginer” or “dreamer,” a passive consumer and observer. Whose work can be attributed to the galaxy of Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Tatyana Tolstoy, Lyudmila Ulitskaya, etc.

The Issues Of Science And Consience In The Doctrine Of A. Gijduvani, Muniskhan Mahmudovna Gulamova

Scientific reports of Bukhara State University

This article analyzes the spiritual and moral teachings of the founder of the Sufi tariqah ofHodjagon-Naqshbandi, Abdukhalik Gizhduvani. Being famous all over the world, the founder of Naqshbandiya way, the great Sufi Khojai Jakhon Abdukholiq Gijduvoni says that comprising education and belief will serve as a spiritual resource for upbringing the young generation as a perfect wholeness.As well as his ethical views on science, creativity, humanity, conscience, spiritual purity, noble deeds, spiritual exaltation

The Attitude And Views Of The Sunny Islamic Scholars To Sufizm, Davron Hoshimovich Kadyrov, Ogiloy Hamdamovna Mavlonova, Rustam Khasanovich Adizov

Scientific reports of Bukhara State University

In the article the views of notable scientists and mujtahids of Islam about sufizm are analyzed. The scholars of the time of the imams and salafis of the four sects highly valued mysticism and respected the Sufis. The ideas of purity and humanity in the teachings of Sufism are relevant in our society. At the same time, one of the main ideas of our national ideology is the study of mysticism in the education of the perfect man.

St. Francis Of Assisi Catholic Church And Center For The Deaf Sunday Bulletin, July 26, 2020

Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and Center for the Deaf Sunday Bulletin

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Landover Hills, MD

St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and Center for the Deaf Sunday Bulletin Finding Aid

St. Augustine Parish Sunday Bulletin, July 26, 2020

Saint Augustine Parish Sunday Bulletin

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Cleveland, OH

Saint Augustine Parish Sunday Bulletin Finding Aid

St. Benedict Parish For The Deaf Church Bulletin, July 26, 2020

Saint Benedict Parish for the Deaf Church Bulletin

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in San Francisco, CA

Saint Benedict Parish for the Deaf Church Bulletin Finding Aid

St. Francis Borgia Deaf Center Church Bulletin, July 26, 2020

Saint Francis Borgia Deaf Center Church Bulletin

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Chicago, IL

Saint Francis Brogia Deaf Center Church Bulletin Finding Aid

Creatively Exploring Self: Applying Organic Inquiry, A Transpersonal And Intuitive Methodology, Larisa J. Bardsley Phd

The Qualitative Report

This article explores the merit of using Organic Inquiry, a qualitative research approach that is most effectively applied to areas of psychological and spiritual growth. Organic Inquiry is a research approach where the psyche of the researcher becomes the instrument of the research, working in partnership with the experiences of participants and guided by liminal and spiritual influences. Organic Inquiry is presented as a unique methodology that can incorporate other non-traditional research methods, including intuitive, autoethnographic and creative techniques. The validity and application of Organic Inquiry, as well as its strengths and limitations are discussed in the light of the …

Capitalism And Biblical Ethics, Sarah D. Stewart

Liberty University Journal of Statesmanship & Public Policy

There has been a growing trend in some expressions of Christianity to view Capitalism as fundamentally incompatible with the Christian faith. This article looked to a variety of sources to argue that Christianity and Capitalism are not fundamentally incompatible. Rather, Capitalism developed alongside developments in Christian theology during the Middle Ages. This traditional form of Capitalism is defined and argued for in this article. The article attempts to demonstrate that the elements that allow Capitalism to thrive are compatible with Christian ethics. The case is made by first examining the historical development of Capitalism and its relationship to Christianity. From …

The Ekklesia As An Assembly That Invokes Response, Tara Caudle

Liberty University Journal of Statesmanship & Public Policy

The ekklesia is often translated as “church” and divided between a sacred and secular definition. However, this translation and separation loses the significance and nuances of the term. The etymology of the word renders the ekklesia as an assembly of those who have been called out. The Greek usage of the word presents the ekkelsia as a political phenomenon in which the ekkelsia is an assembly that gathers to benefit the common good of the entire polis. Biblically, the ekkelsia is often understood as an assembly of those who have been called by God and has a spiritual, relational, geographical, …

De Libero Conscientia: Martin Luther’S Rediscovery Of Liberty Of Conscience And Its Synthesis Of The Ancients And The Influence Of The Moderns, Bessie S. Blackburn

Liberty University Journal of Statesmanship & Public Policy

One fateful day on March 26, 1521, a lowly Augustinian monk was cited to appear before the Diet of Worms.[1] His habit trailed behind him as he braced for the questioning. He was firm, yet troubled. He boldly proclaimed: “If I am not convinced by proofs from Scripture, or clear theological reasons, I remain convinced by the passages which I have quoted from Scripture, and my conscience is held captive by the Word of God. I cannot and will not retract, for it is neither prudent nor right to go against one’s conscience. So help me God, …

Alternate Warfare: The Unseen Weapons Of Mass Destruction, Elyse Keener

Liberty University Journal of Statesmanship & Public Policy

Biological warfare is a national security concern that transcends centuries. In the current international climate, biowarfare is of particular interest due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This article seeks to follow historical cases of biological warfare and international response to these cases in order to understand the implications of COVID-19, if it were to be weaponized. Also covered is the current capabilities that Russia, China, and Iran are assessed to possess.