MARIE-LOUISE FRIQUEGNON
Department of Philosophy 277 Avenue C
William Paterson University Apt 7E
Wayne, New Jersey 07470 New York, New York 10009
(973) 720-3031 (212) 473-0365
Fax: (973) 720 2827
EDUCATION
B.A. Philosophy, Barnard College, 1965
M.A. Philosophy, New York University, 1967
Ph.D. Philosophy, New York University, 1974
Dissertation: Religious Vision: Truth or Metaphor
Dissertation Advisor: Professor Chauncey Downes
EMPLOYMENT
William Paterson University, Professor of Philosophy 1995 to present
Associate Professor of Philosophy 1974–94
Assistant Professor of Philosophy 1969–74
Long Island University, Instructor in Philosophy 1968–69
Brooklyn College, CUNY, Instructor in Philosophy 1968–69
New York City Community College, Instructor in Philosophy 1967–68
New York City Department of Welfare, Case Worker 1965–67
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
Ethics for Modern Life, 5th edition, with R. Abelson, 1994, St. Martin’s Press, New York; editions of 1975, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 2002
The Philosophical Imagination, with M. Lockwood and R. Abelson, St. Martin’s Press, New York 1976
Clarity and Vision, with R. Abelson, Dubuque: Kendall Hunt, editions of 2000, 2003
On Shantarakshita, Belmont CA: Wadsworth, 2000
Praise to the Lotus Born:A Garland of Devotional Waves by Khentrul Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche translated from the Tibetan by Toy Tung and Marie Friquegnon, Dharma Samudra, 2003
Reflections on Childhood, New York: Global Scholarly Publications,2004
ARTICLES IN JOURNALS
"Paradoxes of Determinism," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 1972
"Metaphor in Religion and Art," Journal of Critical Analysis, 1971
"Pursuing Paradox," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 1974
"The Artist and the Demon," in Sociology of the Arts, M. Weil (Ed.), 1975
"God and Other Programs," Religious Studies, 1979
"Right and Responsibilities of Young People," Thinking, February 1980
"Kohlberg at the Gap," in Philosophy, Childhood and the Family, Plenum Press, 1982
"Childhood’s End: The Age of Responsibility, Thinking, February 1984
"Tibetans Don’t Oppose Technological Change" Letter, The New York Times, September 1988
"The Transforming Buddha" in The Journal of Ethical Culture, Fall 1990
"Philosophical Problems of Child Abuse" with Wilavene Ecker in Victims of Crime, Plenum Press, 1991
"Children’s Responsibilities" in Thinking Children and Education, Matthew Lipman (Ed.), Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt, 1993
"Ethics of the Global Village" in Questioning Matters, Daniel Kolak (Ed.), Mayfield 2000
"Buddhism in Kalmykia" with Maris Abelson in Pema Mandala, Spring 2000.
"What is a Child" in Thinking, Vol. 13, No. 1
"Witchcraft and Rationality" in Academic Forum, Fall 2001
"The Sangha and 9/11" Pema Mandala Fall 2002
The following articles for The Encyclopedia of Holy Persons: "," Longchenpa", "Machig Lodron", " Mipham", "Santaraksita","Yeshe Tsogyal", ed. Karna Huges, forthcoming in print and internet.
REVIEWS
The Sufis by Indries Shah, Journal of Critical Analysis, 1971
Insight and Illusion by P.M.S. Hacker, Journal of Critical Analysis, 1976
Causality and Scientific Explanation by William Wallace, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 1977
Causality and Determinism by H. von Wright, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 1977
What is a Child in Thinking, Vol. 13, No. 1, 1997
Review of Praise to the Lotus Born with Toy Tung, Pema Mandals Fall 2004
PAPERS READ TO CONFERENCES
"The Paradoxes of Determinism," American Philosophical Association, Midwestern Division, 1969
"The Religious Perspective," American Philosophical Association, Midwestern Division, 1970
"Religion and Art," New York University Philosophy Club, 1971
"Wittgenstein’s Notion of Criteria," New Jersey Philosophical Association, 1972
"Witchcraft and Truth," New Jersey Philosophical Association, 1973
"The Cosmological Argument," University of S. Florida Colloquium, 1976
"Ramanuja’s Concept of a Person," Suffolk County Community College, 1976
"Zimmerman on Fingarette and Freud," New Jersey Philosophical Association, 1978
"Women, Negative Freedom and Social Justice," University of S. Florida Colloquium, 1978
"Children’s Rights," New Jersey Philosophical Association, 1978
"Kohlberg at the Gap," Machette Foundation Lecture, University of Manchester, 1979
"The Moral Development of Children," International Philosophical Society, Paris, 1979
"Rights and Responsibilities of Young People," New Jersey Philosophical Association, 1979
"Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development," Michigan State University, 1980
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Childhood," Ocean County Community College, 1980“
The Ethics of Mainstreaming," Eastern Division, American Philosophy of Education Association, Lake Harmony, Pennsylvania, November 1980"What is a Child?" University of S. Florida Philosophy Club, January 1991
"American Family Traditions and Conflicts," American Culture Association, Cincinnati, March 1981
"The Ethics of Child Abuse," Pace University, Spring 1981
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Family Traditions and Children’s Rights," Conference on Human Rights, Tallahassee, October 21, 1981"Philosophy of Childhood," Museum of Philosophy, Pace University, October 30, 1981
"What is a Child?" New Jersey Regional Philosophical Association, 1982
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The Criminal Responsibility of Young People," Society for Philosophy and Public Affairs CUNY, April 1982"Juvenile Culpability," NYU Law School (Conference on Juvenile Criminal Responsibility), March 1983
"Other People’s Children," Rutgers Newark, Fall 1983
"The Logic of Dignaga," Rutgers, New Jersey Regional Philosophical, Fall 1985
"Buddhism," St. David’s Church, October 1987
"Buddhism and Western Religion, Ethics and Science," Lehigh University, October 1987
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Shantaraksita and the Precursors of Sankara", Congress of Vedanta, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, April 1990"Shantaraksita, Sankara and the Problem of Nihilism", Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, November 1990
"Wittgenstein and Dzogchen", WPC Faculty Colloquium, November 1990
"Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy" and "Sikhism, a Comment" at the Society for Ancient and Islamic Philosophy, Baruch College, October 1991
"Appearances of Monism and Theism in Tibetan Buddhism", WPC Philosophy Colloquium, November 1991
"Buddhist Ethics", Binghamton, Fall 1993
"The role of the Teacher in Buddhist Philosophy", Cornell, Spring, 1994
"Violence, Juveniles and Plato", WPC and Binghamton, Fall 1994
"Morality and Mysticism in Buddhism", Binghamton, Fall 1995
"Buddhist Philosophy", Conference at Union Theological Seminary, Spring 2001
"Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy New Jersey City University, Spring 2000
"Buddhist Philosophy" Union Theological Seminary, Spring 2001
" Buddhist Philosophy and Meditation" Conference at Bard College 2002
"Genocide in Tibet" Holocaust Conference William Paterson University 2002
"Buddhism, Free Will and Liberation" at Hawaii International Conference for Art and the Humanities, January, 2003
"Santaraksita and Cognitive Science" William Patersom University Faculty Research Seminar. Spring 2003
"Tibetan Buddhism, Free Will and Liberation",Conflict Resolution and Interfaith Dialogue, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, April 2003
"Teaching Tibet" Lecture and workshop in Teaching Asia, William Paterson University, April 2003
'Santaraksita and Modern Philosophy" American Philosophical Association Cicago 2003
"The Tattvasiddhi of Santaraksita Seen in the Light of the Madhyamakalankara, Fordham conference on ancient and medieval philosophy. Fall 2004
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Organizer, William Paterson University Conference: Philosophy and the Child, November 20, 1981
Member, Academic Development Committee, 1981–82, 1982–83
Conference Coordinator, Conference on Juvenile Criminal Responsibility NYU Law School, March 19, 1987
Sanskrit and Tibetan language study, 1985 to present
Visiting Scholar, South Eastern Institute, Columbia University, Spring 1987–88
Senator, Graduate Council, William Paterson College, 1987–88
Library Committee Philosophy Dept., 1988 to present
Hiring Committee, Philosophy Department, 1987 to present
Executive Committee, WPC Teachers Union (AFCT), 1986 to present
Counselor for Minority Students, 1990
Advisor, Poetry Coffee House, 1991
Assessment Committee, 1994
Report of Human Rights in Tibet and Chiapas, Mexico, Green Party, New York City, April 15, 1999
Executive Committee, New York Greens, 1999 to present
Editor-in-Chief, Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy Series, Global Publications Press, 2001 to present
WORKS IN PROGRESS
Translation from Tibetan of poems by Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche, In Praise to H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche (with Toy Tung)
Religious Vision and Buddhism: Truth or Metaphor
Workshop in Teaching About Tibet, William Paterson University, March 2003
Madhyamakalankara and Tattvasiddhi of Khenchen Santaraksita Translated from the Tibetan and Sanskrit, and edited with commentaries by Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche and Khentrul Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche (translation Committee: Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche, Khentrul Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche, Lama Lozang Jamspal and Marie-Louise Friquegnon) Global Scholarly Publications
Studies on Santaraksita (edited with James Blumenthal) forthcoming, Global Scholarly Publications