James D Sellmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 185644 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James D Sellmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | James D |
| FAMILY NAME | Sellmann |
| SIGNATURE | SELLMANN J D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Guam |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7293-3254 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Confucian Depth Ecology as a Response to Climate Change
Aside from a few passages addressing animals or the environment, Confucian philosophy appears to lack an environmental ethics perspective. Li Zhehou’s (李澤厚) contemporary work in Confucian philosophy continues this lacuna by limiting his understanding of community to the human realm. Using the common liberal humanism that limits moral actions to the interpersonal human realm misses the importance of inclusive moralities such as animal rights and e…
The Zhuangzi as a Commentary on Kongzi
The role of Kongzi 孔子, in the Zhuangzi, has been a compelling story. Can we read the stories about Kongzi as constituting a type of commentary on his teachings and the early development of Confucian philosophy in general? First, let us consider the way Zhuangzi has put his own teachings into the mouth of Kongzi because he was accepted to be a sage who understood how to live well. Then, I turn to the more problematic references to Kongzi as being …
Chapter 6 Chants of Re-enchantment: Chamorro Spiritual Resistance to Colonial Domination
War Magic: Religion, Sorcery, and Performance
Chants of Re-enchantment: Chamorro Spiritual Resistance to Colonial Domination
Asian Insights on Violence and Peace
This paper challenges the view that justice leads to or generates peace. Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, Confucian, Daoist and Chinese military philosophical perspectives on violence and peace are reviewed. Based on insights derived from these Asian traditions concerning the relationship between violence and peace, the author argues that the quest for world peace is not attainable. The author proposes that people need to direct their attention, energy …
On the Origin of Shang and Zhou Law
This paper refutes the hypothesis that Shang and Zhou law or penal law originated with the Miao tribe. After examining the sociological theory that custom is the basis of law, I focus on the role of ritual-action and law in Shang and Zhou China embodied in the military, the administrative operations at court, and in the records and literature, to show that the scientific position provides a reasonable interpretation that the Shang people originat…
Liberating Language in Linji and Wittgenstein
Our aim in this paper is to explicate some unexpected and striking similarities and equally important differences, which have not been discussed in the literature, between Wittgenstein's methodology and the approach of Chinese Chan or Japanese Zen Buddhism. We say ‘unexpected’ similarities because it is not a common practice, especially in the analytic tradition, to invest very much in comparative philosophy. The peculiarity of this study will be…
Timing and Rulership in Master Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals (Lushi chunqiu)
Timing and Rulership in Master Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals (Lushi Chunqiu): Lushi Chunqiu (S U N Y Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture)
The origin and role of the state according to the Lüshi chunqiu
To study the Lüshi chunqiu (or Lü‐shih ch'un‐ch'iu. Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals is to enter into the tumultuous but progressive times of the Warring States period (403–221 BCE).1 This period is commonly referred to as ‘the pre‐Qin period’ because of the fundamental changes that occurred after the Qin unification. Liishi chunqiu was probably completed, in 241 BCE, by various scholars at the estate of Lü Buwei (Lü Pu‐wei) the prime ministe…
The Way of Water and Sprouts of Virtue
A Belated Response to Hu Shih and D. T. Suzuki
In the April 1953 edition of Philosophy East and West, Hu Shih and D. T. Suzuki published their debate on the history and method of Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism.' A year later, Van Meter Ames presented his response to their debate by arguing Zen is like pragmatism; he did this to defend Hu Shih's approach and to down what he referred to as Suzuki's transcendentalism.2 Van Meter Ames analyzed their debate on two points. First, he saw it as a split between…
Robert E. Carter., Becoming Bamboo: Western and Eastern Explorations of the Meaning of Life
Yin-Yang and the Nature of Correlative Thinking
Three Models of Self-Integration (Tzu te) in Early China
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Three Models of Self-Integration (Tzu te) in Early China
Yin-Yang and the Nature of Correlative Thinking
Robert E. Carter., Becoming Bamboo: Western and Eastern Explorations of the Meaning of Life
A Belated Response to Hu Shih and D. T. Suzuki
In the April 1953 edition of Philosophy East and West, Hu Shih and D. T. Suzuki published their debate on the history and method of Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism.' A year later, Van Meter Ames presented his response to their debate by arguing Zen is like pragmatism; he did this to defend Hu Shih's approach and to down what he referred to as Suzuki's transcendentalism.2 Van Meter Ames analyzed their debate on two points. First, he saw it as a split between…
The origin and role of the state according to the Lüshi chunqiu
To study the Lüshi chunqiu (or Lü‐shih ch'un‐ch'iu. Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals is to enter into the tumultuous but progressive times of the Warring States period (403–221 BCE).1 This period is commonly referred to as ‘the pre‐Qin period’ because of the fundamental changes that occurred after the Qin unification. Liishi chunqiu was probably completed, in 241 BCE, by various scholars at the estate of Lü Buwei (Lü Pu‐wei) the prime ministe…
The Way of Water and Sprouts of Virtue
Timing and Rulership in Master Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals (Lushi chunqiu)
Timing and Rulership in Master Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals (Lushi Chunqiu): Lushi Chunqiu (S U N Y Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture)
Liberating Language in Linji and Wittgenstein
Our aim in this paper is to explicate some unexpected and striking similarities and equally important differences, which have not been discussed in the literature, between Wittgenstein's methodology and the approach of Chinese Chan or Japanese Zen Buddhism. We say ‘unexpected’ similarities because it is not a common practice, especially in the analytic tradition, to invest very much in comparative philosophy. The peculiarity of this study will be…
On the Origin of Shang and Zhou Law
This paper refutes the hypothesis that Shang and Zhou law or penal law originated with the Miao tribe. After examining the sociological theory that custom is the basis of law, I focus on the role of ritual-action and law in Shang and Zhou China embodied in the military, the administrative operations at court, and in the records and literature, to show that the scientific position provides a reasonable interpretation that the Shang people originat…
Asian Insights on Violence and Peace
This paper challenges the view that justice leads to or generates peace. Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, Confucian, Daoist and Chinese military philosophical perspectives on violence and peace are reviewed. Based on insights derived from these Asian traditions concerning the relationship between violence and peace, the author argues that the quest for world peace is not attainable. The author proposes that people need to direct their attention, energy …
Chants of Re-enchantment: Chamorro Spiritual Resistance to Colonial Domination
War Magic: Religion, Sorcery, and Performance
Chapter 6 Chants of Re-enchantment: Chamorro Spiritual Resistance to Colonial Domination
The Zhuangzi as a Commentary on Kongzi
The role of Kongzi 孔子, in the Zhuangzi, has been a compelling story. Can we read the stories about Kongzi as constituting a type of commentary on his teachings and the early development of Confucian philosophy in general? First, let us consider the way Zhuangzi has put his own teachings into the mouth of Kongzi because he was accepted to be a sage who understood how to live well. Then, I turn to the more problematic references to Kongzi as being …
Confucian Depth Ecology as a Response to Climate Change
Aside from a few passages addressing animals or the environment, Confucian philosophy appears to lack an environmental ethics perspective. Li Zhehou’s (李澤厚) contemporary work in Confucian philosophy continues this lacuna by limiting his understanding of community to the human realm. Using the common liberal humanism that limits moral actions to the interpersonal human realm misses the importance of inclusive moralities such as animal rights and e…
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