1 The Dilemma of the Theistic Platonist Theists generally hold that God is the creator of all there is distinct from himself. Traditionally, the scope of God's creative activity has extended across two disjoint realms: the physical, whose chief exemplars are ordinary middle-size objects, and the mental or spiritual, encompassing such things as angels and souls. Now, many theists are also platon...

Abstract My claim in this article is that the thesis Buddhism has no God, insofar as it taken to apply universally, false. I defend by interpreting a central text East-Asian – The Awakening of Faith Mahāyāna through lenses perfect being theology (PBT), research programme philosophy religion attempts provide description God two-step process: (1) defining terms maximal greatness; (2) inferring pr...

Due to differences in form, style and culture between the original and the translated version of ancient Chinese poetry, the meaning of translated ancient Chinese poems is bound to differ from that of the originals. Therefore, to certain extent some ancient Chinese poems can never be completely translated; but it is possible that they can be better translated so that the reader of the translate...

DEC's business and technology objectives require a strong research program. The Systems Research Center (SRC) and three other research laboratories are committed to lling that need. SRC began recruiting its rst research scientists in l984|their charter, to advance the state of knowledge in all aspects of computer systems research. Our current work includes exploring high-performance personal co...