Although in origin two different trends within Buddhism, Wei-xin and Jing-tu gradually influenced each other and merged into a new concept in Chinese Buddhism. This researchproject is an investigationinto this ...read more
This project is an investigation into the development of Chinese Buddhism during the Republican Era (1911-1949), an era in which European modernization entered the Chinese philosophical world.read more
The project has two main aims. The first is to lay the conceptual groundwork for a formal account that allows for the explication and evaluation of actual reasoning processes ...read more
Logical methods for modeling human reasoning have been developed to the stage where manyformal models are available. However, research focusing on applying them to real domains isscarce. Often, it is ...read more
The aim of this research project is to find an answer to the question “What is culture?” The problem at issue is ontological. The method to resolve this problem is ...read more
The latest developments in techno-sciences often find new forms of expression in art practices, situated at the border of art and science, combining insights from biological sciences, notably biotechnology and ...read more
What is the potential of not-understanding (Nichtverstehen) for a critique of culture and subversive aesthetic strategies? How do forms of situational representation actualize this potential? These questions are addressed by ...read more
The worlds of theatre is regarded the start with the ritual ceremony similar to a dialogue with God. Early theatre tries to enter into a relationship with God, during the ...read more
How did early modern Europeans make sense of painful and uncanny bodily excretions? Rather than dismissing such afflictions as a nuisance to be eliminated by the ‘life sciences’, pre-modern patients ...read more
This study will make a new interpretation of the 'Yongming poetic style' poems from a political perspective and argues that these poems are not a reaction to "a peaceful flourishing ...read more