Dr. Phil Mouch, Philosophy, is going to give his colloquium on Wednesday, April 23, at 4:20 p.m. in MacLean Hall 165. His topic is “The Myth of Self-Defense.” The following is a synopsis of his talk: Two things are very clear from any survey of the relevant moral literature: taking life is generally wrong, and taking a life in self-defense […]
Dr. Chang-Seong Hong, Department of Philosophy, is going to give a colloquium on Buddhist Philosophy on Wednesday, Feb. 19, at 4:15 p.m. in MacLean 165. His topic is “The Many Faces of Enlightenment.” Hong will discuss different concepts of enlightenment that he believes resulted in a puzzling confusion in the history of Buddhism.
Chang-Seong Hong, Philosophy, collected and edited six Korean-language essays on Buddhism written by six different authors and had the article accepted for publication in Seoul Korea. He titled this collection “Twelve Letters and Six Essays” and wrote its “Introduction.” The collection will appear in Buddhist Review, a Korean-language Buddhist magazine, in December 2014. Hong contributed his own essay for this […]
Dr. Chang-Seong Hong, Philosophy, has been appointed to be on the editorial board of BUL GYO HAK BO (Buddhist Studies). BUL GYO HAK BO is the top-ranked Korean- and English-language journal of Buddhist studies in South Korea.
Chang-Seong Hong, Philosophy, presented his Korean-language article “The Paradox of Enlightenment and Private Language Argument” at a June conference celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Institute for Buddhist Culture at Dongguk University in Seoul, Korea. A revised version of the 12,000-word paper was accepted for publication in the Aug. 31 issue of Bulgyohakbo, a Korean-language journal of Buddhist studies.