Department of Religion and Philosophy

Research Output

Research output per year 1987 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

• 361 Article
• 252 Chapter
• 83 Book or report
• 50 Review article
• 116 More
  • 44 Conference contribution
  • 43 Paper
  • 13 Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
  • 7 Editorial
  • 2 Foreword/postscript
  • 2 Letter
  • 2 Other contribution
  • 1 Comment/debate
  • 1 Conference article
  • 1 Digital, visual or audio products

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• Markov Categories, Causal Theories, and the Do-Calculus

  Yin, Y. & Zhang, J., Dec 2021, In: Studies in Logic. 14, 6, p. 1-24 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Bayesian networks 100%
  • Syntactics 50%
  • Decomposition 35%

• Material Objects in Confucian and Aristotelian Metaphysics: The Inevitability of Hylomorphism

  Rooney, J. D., 22 Apr 2022, Bloomsbury Publishing. 224 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book or report › peer-review

  • Aristotelian Metaphysic 100%
  • Hylomorphism 94%
  • Material Objects 72%
  • Confucian 65%
  • Zhu Xi 46%

• Matteo ricci on the innate goodness of human nature: Catholic learning and the subsequent differentiation of "Han Learning" from "Song Learning"

  LO, P. C., Nov 2010, In: Universitas. 37, 11, p. 41-66 26 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Catholic Learning 100%
  • Matteo Ricci 87%
  • Goodness 59%
  • Human Nature 51%
  • Song 44%

• Mediating word, sentence, and scope without violence: Janies Legge's understanding of "Classical Confucian" hermeneutics

  PFISTER, L. F., 30 Nov 2017, Classics and Interpretations: The Hermeneutic Traditions in Chinese Culture. Taylor & Francis, p. 371-382 12 p.

  Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Mediating word, sentence, and scope without violence: James Legge's understanding of "Classical Confucian" hermeneutics

  Pfister, L. F., 2000, Classics and interpretations: The hermeneutic traditions in Chinese culture. Transaction Publishers, p. 371-382 12 p.

  Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter

• Mediatisation, empowerment, and sexual inclusivity: Homosexual protestant activism in contemporary China

  Huang, P. & CHAN, S. S. H., 2015, Religion and Internet. Larsson, G., Enstedt, D. & Pace, E. (eds.). Brill Academic Publishers, p. 82-96 15 p. (Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion; vol. 6).

  Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Medical decision making and the family: An examination of controversies

  Wang, M., LO, P. C. & Fan, R., Oct 2010, In: Journal of Medicine and Philosophy. 35, 5, p. 493-498 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• Mereology and ideology

  Brenner, A., Aug 2021, In: Synthese. 198, 8, p. 7431–7448 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • nihilism 100%
  • Mereology 91%
  • Ideology 69%
  • Simplicity 65%
  • Nihilism 55%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Metaphysical Explanation

  Brenner, A., Maurin, A. S., Skiles, A., Stenwall, R. & Thompson, N., 21 Oct 2021, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Zalta, E. N. (ed.). The Metaphysics Research Lab, Department of Philosophy, Stanford University

  Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary › peer-review

  Open Access

• Metaphysical Foundationalism and Theoretical Unification

  Brenner, A., Apr 2023, In: Erkenntnis. 88, 4, p. 1661–1681 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Foundationalism 100%
  • Unification 90%
  • Metaphysical 61%
  • Foundationalist 51%
  • Sort 19%

• Metaphysical Fundamentality as a Fundamental Problem for CS Peirce and Zhu Xi

  Rooney, J. D., Oct 2022, In: Philosophy East and West. 72, 4, p. 1045-1065 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Metaphysics of Composition

  Brenner, A. T., Mar 2018, Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Tallant, J. (ed.). Routledge

  Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary

  • Metaphysics 100%
  • Constitution 13%
  • Hylomorphism 4%
  • Peter Van Inwagen 4%
  • Philosopher 3%

• Methodeutic of Abduction

  Bellucci, F. & Pietarinen, A. V., 30 May 2021, Abduction in Cognition and Action: Logical Reasoning, Scientific Inquiry, and Social Practice. Shook, J. R. & Paavola, S. (eds.). 1st ed. Springer Cham, p. 107-127 21 p. (Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics; vol. 59).

  Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Abduction 100%
  • Pragmatism 73%
  • Simplicity 37%
  • Induction 28%
  • Deduction 26%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Middle East respiratory syndrome in the Republic of Korea: transparency and communication are key

  Fung, I. C. H. H., Tse, Z. T. S. H., CHAN, S. B. B. & Fu, K. W., 1 Jul 2015, In: Western Pacific surveillance and response journal : WPSAR. 6, 3, p. 1-2 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
  14 Citations (Scopus)

  4 Downloads (Pure)

• Misrepresentation in “Misrepresentation in Context” in Context

  Pietarinen, A. V., Nov 2014, In: Foundations of Science. 19, 4, p. 381-386 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Cognitive Science 100%
  • Misrepresentation 99%
  • Mental Imagery 96%
  • Artist 89%
  • Resemblance 73%

• Missionary daily experience in northwest China and cultural exchange: The case of George Hunter and Percy Mather

  Kwok, W. L., Jun 2015.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

• Missionary Sources of Max Weber’s the Religion Of China

  Mak, G. K. W., 1 Apr 2020, In: Oriens Extremus. 56 (2017), p. 101-116 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Mohist Naturalism

  Harris, E. L., Mar 2020, In: The Philosophical Forum. 51, 1, p. 17-31 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Monism, dualism, and supervenience: A debate on distributive justice

  CHAN, S. B. B., 2018, Ethics: Past, Present and Future Perspectives. Nova Science Publishers, p. 25-44 20 p. (Ethical Issues in the 21st Century).

  Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  File

  • Dualism 100%
  • Supervenience 96%
  • Monism 90%
  • Distributive Justice 90%
  • Justice 77%
  12 Downloads (Pure)

• Most even budged yet: Some cases for game-theoretic semantics in natural language

  Pietarinen, A., Jan 2001, In: Theoretical Linguistics. 27, 1, p. 20-54 35 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Game-theoretic Semantics 100%
  • Natural Language 55%
  • Eventuality 52%
  • semantics 46%
  • linguistics 38%
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• Moving pictures of thought II: Graphs, games, and pragmaticism's proofs

  Pietarinen, A. V., Aug 2011, In: Semiotica. 2011, 186, p. 315-331 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Pragmaticism 100%
  • Existential Graphs 68%
  • Graph 61%
  • Game-theoretic Semantics 51%
  • semantics 47%
  24 Citations (Scopus)

• Multi-agent systems and game theory - A peircean manifesto

  Pietarinen, A. V., Aug 2004, In: International Journal of General Systems. 33, 4, p. 395-414 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Multi-agent Systems 100%
  • Game Theory 87%
  • System theory 84%
  • Game theory 81%
  • Systems Theory 76%
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Murray's Balancing Act: The Harmony of Nature and Grace.

  Rooney, J. D., 2016, In: Journal of Church and State. 58, 4, p. 666-689 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Grace 100%
  • Harmony 89%
  • John Courtney Murray 87%
  • atheism 80%
  • Jesuit 77%

• Must God Create the Best Available Creatures?

  Boone, M. J., Jul 2021, In: Philosophia Christi. 23, 2, p. 271-289 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Alvin Plantinga 100%
  • Creatures 98%
  • Deity 62%
  • Possible Worlds 38%
  • Free Will 34%
  9 Downloads (Pure)

• Mutual Insights on Peirce and Husserl

  Pietarinen, A. V., Shafiei, M. & Stjernfelt, F., 6 Oct 2019, Peirce and Husserl: Mutual Insights on Logic, Mathematics and Cognition. Shafiei, M. & Pietarinen, A-V. (eds.). 1st ed. Springer Cham, p. 3-15 13 p. (Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science; vol. 46).

  Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Philosopher 100%
  • Thought 88%
  • Evaluation 83%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Narrative and the Triune Reality: Examining Robert W. Jenson’s Doctrine of the Trinity with Reference to Eberhard Jüngel

  Kwok, W. L., 13 May 2022, Eugene: Pickwick Publications. 276 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book or report › peer-review

  • Trinity 100%
  • Theology 74%
  • Trinitarianism 70%
  • Doctrine 67%
  • Theologians 39%

• Narrative Therapy, Theology, and Relational Openness: Reconstructing the Connection between Postmodern Therapy and Traditional Theology

  KWOK, W. L., 1 Sept 2016, In: Journal of Psychology and Theology. 44, 3, p. 201-212 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Theology 100%
  • Narrative Therapy 93%
  • theology 70%
  • Openness 54%
  • Therapy 44%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Nationalism and religious protest: The case of the national day celebration service controversy in the Hong Kong protestant churches

  CHAN, S. S. H., Dec 2000, In: Religion, State and Society. 28, 4, p. 359-383 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Negative Certainties: Nāgārjuna’s Challenge to Kant on the “Togetherness” of Intuition and Concepts

  ZHANG, E. Y., 8 Nov 2018, Kant on Intuition: Western and Asian Perspectives on Transcendental Idealism. Palmquist, S. R. (ed.). 1st ed. New York: Routledge, p. 122-136 15 p. (Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Philosophy).

  Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Immanuel Kant 100%
  • Intuition 70%
  • Certainty 66%
  • Kants 18%
  • Conventional 17%

• Negative Liberty and the Common Good: Assessing William Lund's Criticisms of Amitai Etzioni

  KWAN, K. M., Aug 2014, In: Society. 51, 4, p. 380-388 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • common good 100%
  • criticism 65%
  • adequate protection 58%
  • paradigm 54%
  • autonomy 29%

• Negative terms in euler diagrams: Peirce’s solution

  Moktefi, A. & Pietarinen, A. V., 26 Jul 2016, Diagrammatic Representation and Inference: 9th International Conference, Diagrams 2016, Philadelphia, PA, USA, August 7-10, 2016, Proceedings. Jamnik, M., Uesaka, Y. & Schwartz, S. E. (eds.). 1st ed. Springer Cham, p. 286-288 3 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 9781)(Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence)(Diagrams: International Conference on Theory and Application of Diagrams).

  Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

  • Labeling 100%
  • Diagram 88%
  • Euler 87%
  • Attribute 65%
  • Term 55%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Neo-Confucian Religiousness Vis-à-vis Neo-Orthodox Protestantism

  LO, P. C., Dec 2014, In: Journal of Chinese Philosophy. 41, S1, p. 609-631 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Religiousness 100%
  • Protestantism 65%
  • Confucian 62%
  • Orthodox Theologians 60%
  • Christian God 56%

• Neurogenomics and neuroeudaimonics: Bioethical challenges from the Buddhist perspective

  ZHANG, E. Y., 17 Oct 2018, Interreligious Perspectives on Mind, Genes and the Self : Emerging Technologies and Human Identity. Tham, J., Durante, C. & Gómez, A. G. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 31-48 18 p.

  Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Happiness 100%
  • Buddhist 92%
  • Well-being 73%
  • Buddhisms 59%
  • Empiricist 46%

• Neurotechnologies, relational autonomy, and authenticity

  WALKER, M. J. & Mackenzie, C., Mar 2020, In: International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics. 13, 1, p. 98-119 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Relational Autonomy 100%
  • Socialization 65%
  • authenticity 51%
  • Authenticity 44%
  • Autonomy 39%
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• No heartbreak at Hilbert's Hotel: A reply to Landon Hedrick

  Loke, A., 2014, In: Religious Studies. 50, 1

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Heartbreak 100%
  • Hotel Room 99%
  • David Hilbert 77%
  • Hotels 68%
  • Presentism 28%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Notes from local and China inland mission sources about Christians and Christian communities in Northwestern China (1920-1936)

  Pfister, L. F. & Chen, Y., Jun 2013, 法流十道 : 近代中國基督教區域史研究 = The Religion Spread through the Ten Circuits: Studies in Modern Chinese Christianity through Regional Perspectives. 黃文江, 郭偉聯 & 劉義章 (eds.). 1st ed. Hong Kong: 建道神學院, p. 593-612 20 p. (基督教與中國文化論文集刊; vol. 5).

  Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter

• Nurturing Responsible Citizens: Pedagogical Practice in Teaching Ethical Reasoning

  CHAN, S. S. H., May 2020, Education Curriculum Development: Perspectives, Challenges and Future Directions. Jutila, M. (ed.). Nova Science Publishers, (Education in a Competitive and Globalizing World).

  Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• On Estimation of Functional Causal Models: General Results and Application to the Post-Nonlinear Causal Model

  Zhang, K., Wang, Z., Zhang, J. & Schölkopf, B., Dec 2015, In: ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology. 7, 2, p. 1–22 22 p., 13.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Causal Model 100%
  • Functional Model 89%
  • Nonlinear Model 68%
  • Mutual Information 28%
  • Term 18%
  26 Citations (Scopus)

• On Finitism and the Beginning of the Universe: A Reply to Stephen Puryear

  Loke, A. T. E., 2016, In: Australasian Journal of Philosophy. 94, 3, p. 591-595 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Finitism 100%
  • Universe 50%
  • Cosmological Argument 45%
  • Eternal 15%
  • Impossibility 15%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• On how Chalcedonian Christology can be affirmed without the errors of Eutychianism and Nestorianism: A reply to Joshua Farris

  Loke, A. T. E., 26 Mar 2021, In: Neue Zeitschrift fur Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie. 63, 1, p. 110-121 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Nestorianism 100%
  • Christology 62%
  • Incarnation 28%
  • Criticism 26%
  • Metaphysical 22%

• On Human Rights and Freedom in Bioethics: A Philosophical Inquiry in Light of Buddhism

  ZHANG, E. Y., 7 Sept 2017, Religious Perspectives on Bioethics and Human Rights. Tham, J., Kwan, K. M. & Garcia, A. (eds.). 1st ed. Springer Cham, p. 77-89 13 p. (Advancing Global Bioethics; vol. 6).

  Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Buddhism 100%
  • Bioethics 78%
  • Human Rights 74%
  • bioethics 62%
  • human rights 41%

• On human rights and freedom in bioethics: A philosophical inquiry in light of Buddhism

  Zhang, E. Y., 2014, In: Studia Bioethica. 7, 1, p. 24-32 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  File
  4 Downloads (Pure)

• On Richard Dawkins' atheism and his criticisms of the design argument

  Kwan, K. M., Jul 2010, In: CGST Journal. 49, p. 165-202 38 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• On the coherence of the incarnation: The divine preconscious model

  Loke, A., 2009, In: Neue Zeitschrift fur Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie. 51, 1

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  14 Citations (Scopus)

• On the completeness of orientation rules for causal discovery in the presence of latent confounders and selection bias

  Zhang, J., Nov 2008, In: Artificial Intelligence. 172, 16-17, p. 1873-1896 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Completeness 100%
  • Selection Bias 99%
  • Causal 69%
  • Graph 68%
  • trend 43%
  182 Citations (Scopus)

• On the doing-allowing distinction and the problem of evil: a reply to Daniel Lim

  LOKE, A., 1 Apr 2018, In: International Journal for Philosophy of Religion. 83, 2, p. 137-143 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Problem of Evil 100%
  • Divine Providence 54%
  • Deity 47%
  • Evil 34%

• On the identifiability and estimation of functional causal models in the presence of outcome-dependent selection

  Zhang, K., Zhang, J., Huang, B., Schölkopf, B. H. & Glymour, C., Jun 2016, Proceedings of the 32nd Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI 2016). Ihler, A. & Janzing, D. (eds.). AUAI Press, p. 825–834 10 p.

  Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

  Open Access

  • trend 100%

• On the Minimization Principle in the Boolean Approach to Causal Discovery

  Zhang, J., 25 Nov 2017, Philosophical Logic. Current Trends in Asia: Proceedings of AWPL-TPLC 2016. Yang, S. C-M., Lee, K. Y. & Ono, H. (eds.). 1st ed. Springer Singapore, p. 79-94 16 p. (Logic in Asia: Studia Logica Library).

  Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

  • Coincidence 100%
  • Regularity 97%
  • Causal 76%
  • Counterexample 50%
  • Render 41%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• On the Two Consciousnesses Model: An Assessment of James Arcadi’s Defense

  Loke, A. T., May 2018, In: Journal of Analytic Theology. 6, p. 146-150 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Analytic Theology 100%
  • Divine Nature 83%
  • Consciousness 64%
  • Criticism 56%
  • Unity 48%

• On the unity between observational and experimental causal discovery

  Zhang, J., 25 Apr 2022, In: Theoria (Spain). 37, 1, p. 63-74 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Unity 100%
  • Causal 99%
  • Asymmetry 27%
  • Causation 13%
  • Supplements 13%