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.
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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.
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
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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.
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"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." --Jan Westerhoff, University of Oxford "This collection should be of interest to anyone who has followed recent discussions in analytic Buddhist philosophy. But there may be something here as well for those working in mainstream analytic metaphysics, logic, philosophy of language or epistemology who are simply curious to see what the project might amount to. They may find that delving into another tradition can suggest novel ways of thinking about the issues that concern us." --Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
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Selling point: Brings together issues in Buddhist philosophy and techniques of Western logic and analytic philosophy Selling point: Contributors include both established philosophers and up-and-coming philosophers Selling point: Portrays relevance of issues in Buddhist philosophy to contemporary Western philosophy
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Koji Tanaka is Lecturer in the School of Philosophy at the Australian National University. Yasuo Deguchi is Professor of Philosophy, Kyoto University. Jay L. Garfield is Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple Professor in the Humanities at Yale-NUS College and Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities at Smith College. Graham Priest is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, and Boyce Gibson Professor Emeritus at the University of Melbourne.
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Selling point: Brings together issues in Buddhist philosophy and techniques of Western logic and analytic philosophy Selling point: Contributors include both established philosophers and up-and-coming philosophers Selling point: Portrays relevance of issues in Buddhist philosophy to contemporary Western philosophy
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780190226879
Publisert
2015
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press Inc
Vekt
680 gr
Høyde
241 mm
Bredde
163 mm
Dybde
33 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
304

Biographical note

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.