Pointing at the moon
Subtitle: Buddhism, logic, analytic philosophy
By: edited by Mario D'Amato, Jay L. Garfield, and Tom J. F. Tillemans.
Contributors: D'Amato, Mario, 1969-; Garfield, Jay L., 1955-; Tillemans, Tom J. F.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9780195381559; 9780195381566
Subjects: Philosophy, Buddhist; Buddhism -- Doctrines; Philosophy, Comparative
Description: "This volume collects essays by philosophers and scholars working at the interface of Western philosophy and Buddhist Studies. Many have distinguished scholarly records in Western philosophy, with expertise in analytic philosophy and logic, as well as deep interest in Buddhist philosophy. Others have distinguished scholarly records in Buddhist Studies with strong interests in analytic philosophy and logic. All are committed to the enterprise of cross-cultural philosophy and to bringing the insights and techniques of each tradition to bear in order to illuminate problems and ideas of the other. These essays 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."--Pub. desc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Zen and the unsayable / Chris Mortensen; title: Wittgenstein and Zen Buddhism: one practice, no dogma / Rupert Read; title: The no-thesis view: making sense of verse 29 of Nagarjuna's Vigrahavyavartani / Jan Westerhoff; title: Why the Buddha never uttered a word / Mario Damato; title: Is reductionism expressible? / Mark Siderits; title: Mmountains are just mountains / Jay L. Garfield and Graham Priest; title: How do Madhyamikas think? Notes on Jay Garfield, Graham Priest, and paraconsistency / Tom J. F. Tillemans; title: A Dharmakirtian critique of Nagarjunians / Koji Tanaka; title: Would it matter all that much if there were no selves? / Raymond Martin; title: Svasamvitti as methodological solipsism: narrow content and the problem of intentionality in Buddhist philosophy of mind / Dan Arnold.