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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 comprises essays by both established scholars in Buddhist and Western philosophy and young scholars contributing to cross-cultural philosophy. It continues the program of Pointing at the Moon (Oxford University Press, 2009), integrating the approaches and insights of contemporary logic and analytic philosophy and those of Buddhist Studies to engage with Buddhist ideas in a contemporary voice. This volume demonstrates convincingly that integration of Buddhist philosophy with contemporary analytic philosophy and logic allows for novel understandings of and insights into Buddhist philosophical thought. It also shows how Buddhist philosophers can contribute to debates in contemporary Western philosophy and how contemporary philosophers and logicians can engage with Buddhist material. The essays in the volume focus on the Buddhist notion of emptiness (sunyata), exploring its relationship to core philosophical issues concerning the self, the nature of reality, logic, and epistemology. The volume closes with reflections on methodological issues raised by bringing together traditional Buddhist philosophy and contemporary analytic philosophy. This volume will be of interest to anyone interested in Buddhist philosophy or contemporary analytic philosophy and logic. But it will also be of interest to those who wish to learn how to bring together the insights and techniques of different philosophical traditions. 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 ...
