Garfield, Jay L.

Pointing at the Moon : Buddhism, Logic, Analytic Philosophy. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (199 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- 1. Zen and the Unsayable -- 2. Wittgenstein and Zen Buddhism: One Practice, No Dogma -- 3. The No-Thesis View: Making Sense of Verse 29 of Nagarjuna's Vigrahavyavartani -- 4. Why the Buddha Never Uttered a Word -- 5. Is Reductionism Expressible? -- 6. Mountains Are Just Mountains -- 7. How Do Madhyamikas Think?: Notes on Jay Garfield, Graham Priest, and Paraconsistency -- 8. A Dharmakirtian Critique of Nagarjunians -- 9. Would It Matter All That Much if There Were No Selves? -- 10. Svasamvitti as Methodological Solipsism: "Narrow Content" and the Problem of Intentionality in Buddhist Philosophy of Mind -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

This volume collects essays by distinguished philosophers and scholars working at the interface of Western philosophy and Buddhist Studies. They address a broad range of topics in the philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, logic, epistemology, and metaphysics, and demonstrate the fecundity of the interaction between the Buddhist and Western philosophical and logical traditions.

9780199700707


Buddhist philosophy.
Buddhism -- Doctrines.
Philosophy, Comparative.


Electronic books.

B162.P65 2009

294.3361