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The trial of commander data
(Bangkok : Assumption University, 2019)
This paper’s aim is to explore the moral topics raised in
the TV series “Star Trek: The Next Generation” Season
2 Episode 9 entitled “Measure of Man”. In this episode
Commander Data, an Android, is put on trial to ...
Zhou Dunyi's concept of Taiji in the Taiji Tushuo
(Bangkok : Assumption University, 2019)
As a renowned philosopher of Song Dynasty, Zhou Dunyi
played a significant role in creating a new approach for
Chinese philosophy. This involved a reinterpretation
of Confucianism inspired by the ideas of Daoism ...
Sculpting words in ice : how Buddhist and Christian stylistiques en-act mundane failure and ultimate hope
(Assumption University, 2011)
On bitcoin and Simmel's idea of perfect money
(Assumption University Press, 2019)
Georg Simmel in his book Philosophy of Money,described
how money evolves through history and predicted that it
will evolve to the point where it no longer relies on any
substance. He called this stage “perfect money,” ...
Hermeneutics in the Theravada Buddhist texts : an overview of research
(Assumption University, 2010)
The problem of presential knowledge in the illumination philosophy of Suhrawardi
(2020)
In Islamic philosophy the relationship between God and the Human subject has been an interesting and difficult problem. While mystics claim a direct connection with God, philosophers and other theologians find that the use ...
Scientia sacra: a holistic educational approach for transforming environmental consciousness
(2020)
This research studies the educational approach to the environmental crisis called Scientia Sacra which was developed by Seyyed Hossein Nasr, a perennial and a contemporary Islamic philosopher. The paper aims to understand ...
Overcoming the passions in Spinoza: a Buddhist reading
(Assumption University Press, 2020)
Spinoza’s philosophy and Buddhism have often been compared based upon their tendencies towards seeing the world as a single order and moving beyond our passions and desires. But the comparison of these philosophies ...
Understanding Mehm Tin Mon's interpretation of alobha (non-greed) and the practice of generosity
(Assumption University Press, 2020)
A great scholar of the Abhidhamma in Myanmar, Mehm Tin Mon interpreted alobha as a mental state. He considered non-attachment to sense-objects and greedlessness as the chief characteristics of alobha. To put alobha into ...
Some Wittgensteinian reflections on translation practice in a Chinese context
(Assumption University Press, 2020)
The global integration of economic, social and cultural activities has pushed the importance of translation to a new level. With the sheer volume of translation, and the increased demand for ...