Pointing at the Moon: Buddhism, Logic, Analytic Philosophy

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.

Politics & Social Sciences

Garfield, Jay L.

Tillemans, Tom J.F.

D'Amato, Mario

Philosophy

Oxford University Press

Religion & Spirituality

Buddhism

Dharmakirti, an Indian Buddhist philosopher of the seventh century, explored the nature, limits, and justifications of rationality within the context of Buddhist religious and metaphysical concerns. While Dharmakirti is widely recognized for his crucial innovations in Indian logic and semantic theory, his notoriously difficult thought nonetheless remains poorly understood. In this volume, one of the world's leading scholars of Buddhist philosophy sheds light on the interrelated topics of scripture, logic, and language in the works of Dharmakirti and his philosophical heirs, both Indian and Tibetan. Professor Tillemans' knowledgeable explanations of such technical subjects as the apoha theory of reference and the problem of entailment (vyapti) are coupled throughout with insightful reflections on how best to evaluate Dharmakirti's theories in light of contemporary philosophical thought. Scripture, Logic, Language is an informative and thought-provoking study for students of Buddhism as well as for those in the wider field of philosophy.

Scripture, Logic, Language: Essays on Dharmakirti and his Tibetan Successors (Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism)

Literature & Fiction

Essays & Correspondence

Wisdom Publications

A respected professor of Buddhist philosophy brings readers on a fascinating journey through Buddhism’s most animating ideas. Tom Tillemans, who has studied Buddhist philosophy since the 1970s, excels in bringing analytic and continental philosophy into conversation with thinkers in the Sanskrit and Tibetan traditions. This volume collects his writings on the most rarefied of Buddhist philosophical traditions, the Madhyamaka, and its radical insights into the nature of reality. Tillemans’ approach ranges from retelling the history of ideas, to considering implications of those ideas for practice, to formal appraisal of their proofs. The 12 essays (four of which are being published for the first time) are products of rich and sophisticated debates and dialogues with colleagues in the field.

How Do Madhyamikas Think?: And Other Essays on the Buddhist Philosophy of the Middle (19) (Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism)

Dharmakirti's Pramanavarttika: An Annotated Translation of the Fourth Chapter (Parathanumana): 1 (Osterreichische Akademie Der Wissenschaften: Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Sitzungberichte)

World Literature

Austrian Academy of Sciences Press

Views from Tibet: Studies on Tibetan Buddhist Logic, the Philosophy of the Middle, and the Indigenous Grammatico-linguistic Tradition (Sitzungsberichte Der Philosophisch-historischen Klasse, 922)

Austrian Academy of Sciences

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