Eric S Nelson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3635131 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eric S Nelson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eric S |
| FAMILY NAME | Nelson |
| SIGNATURE | NELSON E S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Massachusetts Lowell |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Eduard von Hartmann, Pessimism, and the Europeanization of Buddhism
Eduard von Hartmann was one of the most influential public philosophers of his era, known primarily through his Philosophy of the Unconscious. A conservative nationalist in politics, he positioned himself as a cultural and religious reformer and modernist advocate of a “religion of the future” of self-redemption (autosoterism), one that reconciled pessimism and a panpneumatic impersonal unconscious with rationality and individual responsibility…
Heidegger and Dao
In this innovative contribution, Eric S. Nelson offers a contextualized and systematic exploration of the Chinese sources and German language interpretations that shaped Heidegger's engagement with Daoism and his thinking of the thing, nothingness, and the freedom of releasement (Gelassenheit). Encompassing forgotten and recently published historical sources, including Heidegger's Daoist and Buddhist-related reflections in his lectures and notebo…
Emptiness, negation, and skepticism in Nāgārjuna and Sengzhao
This paper excavates the practice-oriented background and therapeutic significance of emptiness in the Madhyamaka philosophy attributed to Nāgārjuna and Sengzhao. Buddhist emptiness unravels experiential and linguistic reification through meditation and argumentation. The historical contexts and uses of the word indicate that it is primarily a practical diagnostic and therapeutic concept. Emptiness does not lead to further views or truths but, ak…
Critical Mysticism or Critical Ethos? Intercultural Reflections on Stephen Palmquist’s Kant and Mysticism
This contribution offers a sympathetic historical and intercultural reflection on Stephen Palmquist’s work Kant and Mysticism . It examines (1) the appropriateness of this portrayal of Kant and mysticism in relation to its historical context (which encompasses figures such as Malebranche, Spinoza and Swedenborg), suggesting that Kant is committed to an account of rationality, ethical personhood and a ‘critical ethos’ in tension with mysticism; an…
Interpreting Dilthey
Chinese and Buddhist Philosophy in Early Twentieth-Century German Thought
Presenting a comprehensive portrayal of the reading of Chinese and Buddhist philosophy in early twentieth-century German thought, Chinese and Buddhist Philosophy in Early Twentieth-Century German Thought examines the implications of these readings for contemporary issues in comparative and intercultural philosophy. Through a series of case studies from the late 19th-century and early 20th-century, Eric Nelson focuses on the reception and uses of …
The Human and the Inhuman: Ethics and Religion in the zhuangzi
One critique of the early Daoist texts associated with Laozi and Zhuangzi is that they neglect the human and lack a proper sense of ethical personhood in maintaining the primacy of an impersonal dehumanizing “way.” This article offers a reconsideration of the appropriateness of such negative evaluations by exploring whether and to what extent the ethical sensibility unfolded in the Zhuangzi is aporetic, naturalistic, and/or religious. As an ethos…
Between Levinas and Heidegger
Against Liberty
Adorno and Levinas argue from distinct yet intersecting perspectives that there are pathological forms of freedom, formed by systems of power and economic exchange, which legitimate the neglect, exploitation and domination of others. In this paper, I examine how the works of Adorno and Levinas assist in diagnosing the aporias of liberty in contemporary capitalist societies by providing critical models and strategies for confronting present discou…
Demystifying Experience
從空背空。 To pursue emptiness is to lose emptiness.2 Martin Heidegger's thinking of being and Chan (禪; Zen in Japanese) Buddhism have been portrayed as revealing “pure experience” through a confrontati
The Yijing and Philosophy: From Leibniz to Derrida
Journal of Chinese PhilosophyVolume 38, Issue 3 p. 377-396 THE YIJING AND PHILOSOPHY: FROM LEIBNIZ TO DERRIDA ERIC S. NELSON, Corresponding Author ERIC S. NELSON UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL, Lowell, MassachusettsERIC S. NELSON, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts Lowell. Specialties: Chinese, comparative, European philosophy. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author ERIC S. NELSO…
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The Yijing and Philosophy: From Leibniz to Derrida
Journal of Chinese PhilosophyVolume 38, Issue 3 p. 377-396 THE YIJING AND PHILOSOPHY: FROM LEIBNIZ TO DERRIDA ERIC S. NELSON, Corresponding Author ERIC S. NELSON UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL, Lowell, MassachusettsERIC S. NELSON, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts Lowell. Specialties: Chinese, comparative, European philosophy. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author ERIC S. NELSO…
Against Liberty
Adorno and Levinas argue from distinct yet intersecting perspectives that there are pathological forms of freedom, formed by systems of power and economic exchange, which legitimate the neglect, exploitation and domination of others. In this paper, I examine how the works of Adorno and Levinas assist in diagnosing the aporias of liberty in contemporary capitalist societies by providing critical models and strategies for confronting present discou…
Demystifying Experience
從空背空。 To pursue emptiness is to lose emptiness.2 Martin Heidegger's thinking of being and Chan (禪; Zen in Japanese) Buddhism have been portrayed as revealing “pure experience” through a confrontati
The Human and the Inhuman: Ethics and Religion in the zhuangzi
One critique of the early Daoist texts associated with Laozi and Zhuangzi is that they neglect the human and lack a proper sense of ethical personhood in maintaining the primacy of an impersonal dehumanizing “way.” This article offers a reconsideration of the appropriateness of such negative evaluations by exploring whether and to what extent the ethical sensibility unfolded in the Zhuangzi is aporetic, naturalistic, and/or religious. As an ethos…
Between Levinas and Heidegger
Chinese and Buddhist Philosophy in Early Twentieth-Century German Thought
Presenting a comprehensive portrayal of the reading of Chinese and Buddhist philosophy in early twentieth-century German thought, Chinese and Buddhist Philosophy in Early Twentieth-Century German Thought examines the implications of these readings for contemporary issues in comparative and intercultural philosophy. Through a series of case studies from the late 19th-century and early 20th-century, Eric Nelson focuses on the reception and uses of …
Interpreting Dilthey
Critical Mysticism or Critical Ethos? Intercultural Reflections on Stephen Palmquist’s Kant and Mysticism
This contribution offers a sympathetic historical and intercultural reflection on Stephen Palmquist’s work Kant and Mysticism . It examines (1) the appropriateness of this portrayal of Kant and mysticism in relation to its historical context (which encompasses figures such as Malebranche, Spinoza and Swedenborg), suggesting that Kant is committed to an account of rationality, ethical personhood and a ‘critical ethos’ in tension with mysticism; an…
Heidegger and Dao
In this innovative contribution, Eric S. Nelson offers a contextualized and systematic exploration of the Chinese sources and German language interpretations that shaped Heidegger's engagement with Daoism and his thinking of the thing, nothingness, and the freedom of releasement (Gelassenheit). Encompassing forgotten and recently published historical sources, including Heidegger's Daoist and Buddhist-related reflections in his lectures and notebo…
Emptiness, negation, and skepticism in Nāgārjuna and Sengzhao
This paper excavates the practice-oriented background and therapeutic significance of emptiness in the Madhyamaka philosophy attributed to Nāgārjuna and Sengzhao. Buddhist emptiness unravels experiential and linguistic reification through meditation and argumentation. The historical contexts and uses of the word indicate that it is primarily a practical diagnostic and therapeutic concept. Emptiness does not lead to further views or truths but, ak…
Eduard von Hartmann, Pessimism, and the Europeanization of Buddhism
Eduard von Hartmann was one of the most influential public philosophers of his era, known primarily through his Philosophy of the Unconscious. A conservative nationalist in politics, he positioned himself as a cultural and religious reformer and modernist advocate of a “religion of the future” of self-redemption (autosoterism), one that reconciled pessimism and a panpneumatic impersonal unconscious with rationality and individual responsibility…
Epistemology (9 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · Buddhism (5 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (5 works) · Indian and Buddhist Studies (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Theology (4 works) · Emptiness (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works)