RECENT PAPERS

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2023

• “Reason’s Myriad Way: In Praise of Confluence Philosophy”, in Reasons and Empty Persons: Mind, Metaphysics, and Morality: Essay in Honor of Mark Siderits, edited by Christian Coseru, 1–15. Springer.

2022

• Consciousness, Physicalism, and the Problem of Mental Causation”, in Cross-Cultural Approaches to Consciousness, edited by Itay Shani and Susanne Kathrin Beiweis, 71–94. London: Bloomsbury.

• “Can Global Antirealism withstand the Enactivist Challenge”, Analysis 82 (1):131-142.

• “Consciousness, Content, and Cognitive Attenuation: A Neurophenomenological Perspective”, in Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Meditation, edited by Rick Repetti, 354–367. London: Routledge.

2021

• “The Middle Way to Reality: On Why I Am Not a Buddhist and Other Philosophical Curiosities,”, Sophia 60 (3).

• “Whose Consciousness: Reflexivity and the Problem of Self-Knowledge”, in Buddhist Philosophy of Consciousness: Tradition and Dialogue, edited by Mark Siderits, Ching Keng, and John Spackman, Leiden: Brill.

• “On Pursuing the Dialogue Between Buddhism and Science in Ways that Distort Neither”, in a symposium on Evan Thompson’s Why I am Not a Buddhist?, APA Asian and Asian-American Philosophers and Philosophies Newsletter, edited by Minh Nguyen, Spring, 2021.

2020

• “Consciousness and Causality: Dharmakīrti Against Physicalism”, in Reverberations of Dharmakīrti’s Philosophy: Proceedings of the Fifth International Dharmakīrti Conference Heidelberg, August 26 to 30, 2014, edited by Birgit Kellner, Patrick McAllister, Horst Lasic, and Sara McClintock. Wien: Verlag Der Österreichischen Akademie Der Wissenschaften.

• “Free Your Mind: Buddhism, Causality, and the Free Will Problem”, Zygon 55 (2): 1–13.

• “Reasons and Conscious Persons”, in Derek Parfit’s Reasons and Persons: An Introduction and Critical Inquiry. edited by Andrea Sauchelli, 160–186. London: Routledge.

2019

• “Consciousness, Naturalism, and Human Flourishing”, in Naturalism, Human Flourishing, and Asian Philosophy: Owen Flanagan and Beyond, edited by B. Seok, 113–130. New York: Routledge.

• “Presence of Mind: Consciousness and the Sense of Self”, in Problem of the Self: Consciousness, Subjectivity, and the Other, edited by Manidipa Sen, 46–64. Delhi: Aakar Books.

2018

• “More or Less Within My Power: Nature, Virtue, and the Modern Stoic,” Reason Papers 40 (2): 8–18.

• “On Engaging Buddhism Philosophically”, Sophia 57 (4): 1–11.

• "Consciousness and the Mind-Body Problem in Indian Philosophy," in The Routledge Handbook of Consciousness, edited by R. Gennaro,  92-104. London: Routledge.

• "Interpretations or Interventions? Indian Philosophy in the Global Cosmopolis", in Routledge History of Indian Philosophy, edited by Purushottama Bilimoria with Amy Reyner, 3–14. London: Routledge.

2017

• "Consciousness, Personal Identity, and the Self, No-Self Debate / Soznanie, lichnaya identichnost' i debaty o “ya” /“ne-ya”," Voprosii Filosofii (Problems of Philosophy), Vol. 10: 130–140.

• "Are Reasons Causally Relevant for Action? Dharmakīrti and the Embodied Cognition Paradigm", in Buddhist Philosophy: A Comparative Approach, edited by Steven Emmanuel, 109-122. West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell.

• "Breaking Good: Moral Agency, Neuroethics, and the Spontaneity of Compassion", in Jake Davis, ed., A Mirror is for Reflection: Understanding Buddhist Ethics (New York, Oxford University Press, 2017).

2016

• "Personal Identity and Cosmopolitan Philosophy", Philosophical Studies,DOI: 10.1007/s11098-016-0829-6, December 2016.

• "Freedom from Responsibility: Agent-Neutral Consequentialism and the Bodhisattva Ideal", in Rick Repetti, ed,. Buddhist Perspectives on Free Will: Agentless Agency? (London, Routledge 2016).

• "Consciousness and Causal Emergence: Śāntarakṣita Against Physicalism", in Jonardon Ganeri, ed., The Oxford Handbook of Indian Philosophy (Oxford University Press, published online June 2016).

2015

• "Précis of Perceiving Reality," Journal of Consciousness Studies 22 (9-10): 9-24.

• "Perception, Causally Efficacious Particulars, and the Range of Phenomenal Consciousness: Reply to Commentaries," Journal of Consciousness Studies 22 (9-10): 55-82.

• "Taking the Intentionality of Perception Seriously: Why Phenomenology is Inescapable," Philosophy East and West 65 (3): 227-248.

2014

• "Buddhism, Comparative Neurophilosophy, and Human Flourishing," Zygon 49 (1): 208-219.

2013

• "Reason and Experience in Buddhist Epistemology," in A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy, edited by Steven Emmanuel, 241–255. West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell.

• "Dignāga and Dharmakīrti on Perception and Self-Awareness," in The Buddhist World, edited by John Powers, 526–537. London: Routledge.

2009

• "Mind in Indian Buddhist Philosophy," The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2009 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.)

• "Naturalism and Intentionality: A Buddhist Epistemological Approach," Asian Philosophy, 19 (3): 239–264.

• "Buddhist Foundationalism and the Phenomenology of Perception," Philosophy East and West, 59 (4): 409-439.

In press

• “Know Thy Knowing: On the Reflexive Form of Self-knowledge”, In Crossing the Stream, Leaving the Cave: Buddhist-Platonist Philosophical Inquiries, Amber Carpenter and Pierre-Julien Harter, eds. OUP

• “Artificial Minds and the Dilemma of Personal Identity”, Philosophy East and West.

BooK Reviews

• Review of Minds Without Fear: Philosophy in the Indian Renaissance, by Nalini Bhushan and Jay Garfield, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.

• "Selves: Subpersonal, Immersed, and Participating: A Review Essay of Jonardon Ganeri, The Self: Naturalism, Consciousness, and the First Person Stance," Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences.

• Review of The Cowherds, Moonshadows: Conventional Truth in Buddhist Philosophy, Journal of Buddhist Philosophy (2014).

• Review of Owen Flanagan, The Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (2012.01.06).

• Review of Simon P. James, Zen Buddhism and Environmental Ethics, Sophia (April 2008) 47, 1: 75-77.

• Review of David E. Cooper and Simon P. James, Buddhism, Virtue, and Environment, Sophia (July 2007) 46, 2: 207-209.

• "A Restricted Interpretation of Dharmakīrti's Philosophy," Review of John Dunne, Foundations of Dharmakīrti's Philosophy, H-Buddhism Reviews, March 2006.

• A Review Essay of Destructive Emotions: How Can We Overcome Them? A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama. Journal of Buddhist Ethics 11/1 (2004): 98-102.