Comparative Philosophy An International Journal of Constructive Engagement of Distinct Approaches toward World Philosophy
August 2, 2026
Renée Snow
This paper argues that functional organization alone is not sufficient for phenomenal consciousness or the existence of a unified subject of experience. While many contemporary accounts of artificial consciousness assume that replicating the causal or computational structure of the brain would be sufficient for subjective experience, this paper identifies a deeper constraint: consciousness...
Comparative Philosophy An International Journal of Constructive Engagement of Distinct Approaches toward World Philosophy
August 12, 2025
Juanjuan Cheng, Sumanasara Sandamadulle
The Language of Thought Hypothesis (LOTH) posits that mental states operate through a language-like representational system physically implemented in the brain. However, this purely symbolic approach faces a significant limitation: certain mental phenomena—such as intuitions, emotions, and intentions—lack the syntactically compositional structure required by LOTH and therefore cannot be...
Comparative Philosophy An International Journal of Constructive Engagement of Distinct Approaches toward World Philosophy
December 30, 2021
Robbert Zandbergen
2 citations
In the present work I study Daoist philosophy in conjunction with the radical new philosophy of antinatalism, spearheaded by South African philosopher David Benatar. Although I am not claiming equivalence between the two, a meaningful communication emerges between the classical Chinese sources used here and the modern doctrine of antinatalism. I argue that both visions partake in a radical...
Comparative Philosophy An International Journal of Constructive Engagement of Distinct Approaches toward World Philosophy
July 27, 2020
Takaharu Oda, Alessio Bucci
1 citation
Chief amongst the issues Toshihiko Izutsu broached is the philosophisation of Zen Buddhism in his book Toward a Philosophy of Zen Buddhism. This article aims to critically compare Izutsu’s reconstruction of Zen metaphysics with another metaphysical tradition rooted in Descartes’ cogito ergo sum. Putting Izutsu’s terminological choices into the context of Zen Buddhism, we review his argument...
Comparative Philosophy An International Journal of Constructive Engagement of Distinct Approaches toward World Philosophy
January 30, 2017
Michael Goerger
1 citation
I argue in this essay that Stoic philosophers in the late Greco-Roman period utilized philosophical exercises and spiritual technologies similar in form to a meditative exercise currently practiced in Buddhism. I begin with an in-depth discussion of moral development in the late Stoa, focusing particularly on their theories of cosmopolitanism and oikeiōsis. These theoretical commitments, I...