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Informationen zum Autor Steven M. Emmanuel is Professor of Philosophy at Virginia Wesleyan College, USA. He is the author of Kierkegaard and the Logic of Revelation (1996) and editor of two previous volumes with Blackwell: The Guide to the Modern Philosophers: From Descartes to Nietzsche (2001) and Modern Philosophy: An Anthology (2002). In 2008, he produced and directed an award-winning documentary film entitled Making Peace with Viet Nam . Klappentext A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy is the most comprehensive single volume on the subject available; it offers the very latest scholarship to create a wide-ranging survey of the most important ideas, problems, and debates in the history of Buddhist philosophy.* Encompasses the broadest treatment of Buddhist philosophy available, covering social and political thought, meditation, ecology and contemporary issues and applications* Each section contains overviews and cutting-edge scholarship that expands readers understanding of the breadth and diversity of Buddhist thought* Broad coverage of topics allows flexibility to instructors in creating a syllabus* Essays provide valuable alternative philosophical perspectives on topics to those available in Western traditions Zusammenfassung A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy is the most comprehensive single volume on the subject available; it offers the very latest scholarship to create a wide-ranging survey of the most important ideas, problems, and debates in the history of Buddhist philosophy.* Encompasses the broadest treatment of Buddhist philosophy available, covering social and political thought, meditation, ecology and contemporary issues and applications* Each section contains overviews and cutting-edge scholarship that expands readers understanding of the breadth and diversity of Buddhist thought* Broad coverage of topics allows flexibility to instructors in creating a syllabus* Essays provide valuable alternative philosophical perspectives on topics to those available in Western traditions Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on Contributors xiAcknowledgments xviiiList of Abbreviations xixIntroduction 1Steven M. EmmanuelPart I Conceptual Foundations 111 The Philosophical Context of Gotama's Thought 13Stephen J. Laumakis2 Dukkha, Non-Self, and the Teaching on the Four "Noble Truths" 26Peter Harvey3 The Conditioned Co-arising of Mental and Bodily Processes within Life and Between Lives 46Peter HarveyPart II Major Schools of Buddhist Thought 694 Theravâda 71Andrew Skilton5 Indian Mahâyâna Buddhism 86James Blumenthal6 Tibetan Mahâyâna and Vajrayâna 99Douglas Duckworth7 East Asian Buddhism 110Ronald S. GreenPart III Themes in Buddhist Philosophy 127A. Metaphysics 1298 Metaphysical Issues in Indian Buddhist Thought 129Jan Westerhoff9 Emptiness in Mahâyâna Buddhism: Interpretations and Comparisons 151David Burton10 Practical Applications of the Perfection of Wisdom Stra and Madhyamaka in the Kâlacakra Tantric Tradition 164Vesna A. Wallace11 The Huayan Metaphysics of Totality 180Alan Fox12 Forms of Emptiness in Zen 190Bret W. Davis13 Between the Horns of Idealism and Realism: The Middle Way of Madhyamaka 214Graham PriestB. Epistemology 22314 A Survey of Early Buddhist Epistemology 223John J. Holder15 Reason and Experience in Buddhist Epistemology 241Christian Coseru16 The Three Truths in Tiantai Buddhism 256Brook Ziporyn17 "Spiritual Exercise" and Buddhist Epistemologists in India and Tibet 270Matthew T. Kapstein18 Yogic Perception, Meditation, and Enlightenment: The Epistemological Issues in a Key Debate 290Tom J. F. TillemansC. Language and Logic 30719 Language and Logic in Indian Buddhist Thought 307Brendan S. Gillon20 Buddhist Philosophy of Logic 320Koji Tanaka21 Candrakîrti on the Limits of Language and Logic 331Karen C. Lang22 On the Value of Speaking and Not Speaking: Ph...
