How things are: an introduction to Buddhist metaphysics

"This work is designed to introduce some of the more important fruits of Indian Buddhist metaphysical theorizing to philosophers with little or no prior knowledge of classical Indian philosophy. It is widely known among non-specialists that Buddhists deny the existence of a self. Less widely ap...

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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Oxford University Press [2022]
In:Jahr: 2022
Schriftenreihe/Zeitschrift:Buddhist philosophy for philosophers
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Buddhistische Philosophie / Metaphysik / Ontologie
RelBib Classification:AB Religionsphilosophie; Religionskritik; Atheismus
BL Buddhismus
weitere Schlagwörter:B Vasubandhu
B Buddhist Philosophy
B Hinduism Relations Buddhism
B Dharmakīrti (active 7th century)
B Philosophy Comparative
B Buddhism Relations Hinduism
B Nāgārjuna (active 2nd century)
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Zusammenfassung:"This work is designed to introduce some of the more important fruits of Indian Buddhist metaphysical theorizing to philosophers with little or no prior knowledge of classical Indian philosophy. It is widely known among non-specialists that Buddhists deny the existence of a self. Less widely appreciated among philosophers currently working in metaphysics is the fact that the Indian Buddhist tradition contains a wealth of material on a broad assortment of other issues that have also been foci of recent debate. Indian Buddhist philosophers have argued for a variety of interesting claims about the nature of the causal relation, about persistence, about abstract objects, about the consequences of presentism, about the prospects for a viable ontological emergentism. They engaged in a spirited debate over illusionism in the philosophy of consciousness. Some espoused global anti-realism while others called its coherence into question. And so on. This work is meant to introduce the views of such major Buddhist philosophers as Vasubandhu, Dharmakīrti and Nāgārjuna on these and other issues. And it presents their arguments and analyses in a manner meant to make them accessible to students of philosophy who lack specialist knowledge of the Indian tradition. Analytic metaphysicians who are interested in moving beyond the common strategy of appealing to the intuitions of "the folk" should find much of interest here"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0197606911
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197606902.001.0001