Engaging Buddhism Why It Matters to Philosophy

Name: Engaging Buddhism Why It Matters to Philosophy
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ISBN: 9780190204334

ISBN-10: 0190204338

ISBN-13: 9780190204334

Edition: 2015

Authors: Jay L. Garfield

List price: $175.00

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This is a book for scholars of Western philosophy who wish to engage with Buddhist philosophy, or who simply want to extend their philosophical horizons. It is also a book for scholars of Buddhist studies who want to see how Buddhist theory articulates with contemporary philosophy. Engaging Buddhism: Why it Matters to Philosophy articulates the basic metaphysical framework common to Buddhist traditions. It then explores questions in metaphysics, the philosophy of mind, phenomenology, epistemology, the philosophy of language and ethics as they are raised and addressed in a variety of Asian Buddhist traditions. In each case the focus is on philosophical problems; in each case the connections…

Book details

List price: $175.00
Copyright year: 2015
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/19/2015
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Size: 6.38" wide x 9.45" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

Jay Garfield is Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Logic Program and of the Five College Tibetan Studies in India Program at Smith College, Professor in the graduate faculty of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Professor of Philosophy at Melbourne University and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies.