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Zusatztext A fantastic volume by some of the world's leading scholars working on the interaction of Western and Buddhist philosophy. It conveys a real sense of excitement about the way the two traditions can advance each other. Highly recommended to philosophers and scholars of Buddhism alike. Informationen zum Autor Koji Tanaka is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Auckland.Yasuo Deguchi is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Kyoto University.Jay L Garfield is the Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities and a Professor of Philosophy at Smith College.Graham Priest is the Boyce Gibson Professor of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne. Klappentext The Moon Points Back investigates central areas of Buddhist philosophy -- most importantly the notion of emptiness (sunyata) -- using the techniques of contemporary analytic philosophy and logic. Zusammenfassung The Moon Points Back investigates central areas of Buddhist philosophy -- most importantly the notion of emptiness (sunyata) -- using the techniques of contemporary analytic philosophy and logic. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction - Deguchi Yasuo, Jay L. Garfield, Graham Priest, and Koji Tanaka Chapter 1: Persons Keeping Their Karma Together: The Reasons for the Pudgalavada in Early Buddhism - Amber Carpenter Chapter 2: On Minds, Dharmakirti and Madhyamaka - Tom J.F. Tillemans Chapter 3: On Being Humean about the Emptiness of Causation - Ricki Bliss Chapter 4: Essence and Happiness - Roy W. Perrett Chapter 5: The Net of Indra - Graham Priest Chapter 6: Buddhist Reductionism and Emptiness of Huayan Perspective - Nicholaos Jones Chapter 7: Constructing Logic of Emptiness: Nishitani, Jizang, and Paraconsistency - Yasuo Deguchi Chapter 8: Nagarjuna's Logic - Aaron Cotnoir Chapter 9: Conventional Truth and Intentionality in the Work of Dharmakirti - Laura Guerrero Chapter 10: Relativism in Buddhist Philosophy: Candrakirti on Mutual Dependence and the Basis of Convention - Elena Walsh Chapter 11: Two Truths and Method - Jay L. Garfield Contributors References Index ...
