Barbara Jikai Gabrys, “Zen and Science: The Search for Meaning”
There is an apparent contradiction between Zen way of life and scientific studies of nature. However, on the fundamental level they have in common s...
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Philiminality Oxford is a student-run platform for cross-cultural and interdisciplinary philosophy. We discuss philosophical ideas, thinkers, and approaches which are frequently marginalized in both Anglo-American and “continental” academic circles. We engage with broader horizons of what it means to do philosophy by discussing intersectional perspectives on brands of thought from across the world. We also recognize the value of exploring how philosophical issues interrelate with other disciplines, such as politics, theology, sociology, classics, history, psychology and natural science.
Livia Kohn, “The Daoist Dimensions of Tai Chi”
Tai Chi is a popular method of self-cultivation and health enhancement that goes back to a 17th-century combination of martial arts and healing exerci...
Adrian Kreutz, "The Soteriology of Contradiction"
Contradictions (and, arguably, the acceptance thereof) pervade Buddhist Philosophy. What is the point of those contradictions? In this talk, I shall...
Graham Parkes, “Being-Here: There’s No App for That”
The purpose of many computer products in the area of information and communications technology is to capture the user’s attention, distract it from ...
Elisabeth Huh, "Unifying The Eating-Disordered Soul: Treating Anorexia Nervosa Through Ancient Greek Ethics and Psychoanalysis."
A growing number of philosophers are recognizing the value of psychoanalysis in enriching our understanding of rational psychic integration—a centra...
Christopher Gill: “Stoic therapy of emotions and modern cognitive psychotherapy”
It is well-known that Stoic ideas about ethical guidance and the therapy of emotion influenced the formation of modern cognitive therapy. This paper...
Maria Victoria Salazar: "Recalibrating the Demos: Unknowing through Zen Kōans and Platonic Dialogues"
Zen kōans serve a didactic function within the institution of Buddhist schools, with teachers using them to help their pupils reach enlightenment. I...
Amber Carpenter, “Ideals and Ethical Formation, or Confessions of a Buddhist Platonist”
Buddhist ethics shares with Plato a rationalist orientation in the weak but crucial sense that a correct view of reality is the final goal, and that...
Derek van Zoonen, "Plato's Therapy of Pleasure"
It is well-known that modern strands of psychotherapy—like Beck’s cognitive-behavioural therapy or Ellis’ rational emotive therapy—have been influen...
Katja Vogt, “No More This Than That”
In the Theaetetus, Plato ascribes a metaphysics to relativism according to which there are no stable objects or properties. In effect, the world dis...