A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy

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Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell (2013)
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_A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy_ is the most comprehensive single volume on the subject available; it offers the very latest scholarship to create a wide-ranging survey of the most important ideas, problems, and debates in the history of Buddhist philosophy. Encompasses the broadest treatment of Buddhist philosophy available, covering social and political thought, meditation, ecology and contemporary issues and applications Each section contains overviews and cutting-edge scholarship that expands readers understanding of the breadth and diversity of Buddhist thought Broad coverage of topics allows flexibility to instructors in creating a syllabus Essays provide valuable alternative philosophical perspectives on topics to those available in Western traditions

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B162.C66 2013

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9781118323915   9781118323885   1118323882   9781118323946   9780470658772   1119144663   9781119144663   0470658770

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Introduction.  (pages 1–10)Steven M. Emmanuel
The Philosophical Context of Gotama's Thought.  (pages 11–25)Stephen J. Laumakis
Dukkha, Non‐Self, and the Teaching on the Four “Noble Truths”1.  (pages 26–45)Peter Harvey
The Conditioned Co‐arising of Mental and Bodily Processes within Life and Between Lives1.  (pages 46–68)Peter Harvey
Theravāda.  (pages 69–85)Andrew Skilton
Indian Mahāyāna Buddhism.  (pages 86–98)James Blumenthal
Tibetan Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna.  (pages 99–109)Douglas Duckworth
East Asian Buddhism.  (pages 110–125)Ronald S. Green
Metaphysical Issues in Indian Buddhist Thought.  (pages 127–150)Jan Westerhoff
Emptiness in Mahāyāna Buddhism.  (pages 151–163)David Burton
Practical Applications of the Perfection of Wisdom Sūtra and Madhyamaka in the Kālacakra Tantric Tradition.  (pages 164–179)Vesna A. Wallace
The Huayan Metaphysics of Totality.  (pages 180–189)Alan Fox
Forms of Emptiness in Zen.  (pages 190–213)Bret W. Davis
Between the Horns of Idealism and Realism.  (pages 214–222)Graham Priest
A Survey of Early Buddhist Epistemology.  (pages 223–240)John J. Holder
Reason and Experience in Buddhist Epistemology.  (pages 241–255)Christian Coseru
Reason and Experience in Buddhist Epistemology.  (pages 241–255)Christian Coseru
The Three Truths in Tiantai Buddhism.  (pages 256–269)Brook Ziporyn
“Spiritual Exercise” and Buddhist Epistemologists in India and Tibet.  (pages 270–289)Matthew T. Kapstein
Yogic Perception, Meditation, and Enlightenment.  (pages 290–306)Tom J. F. Tillemans
Language and Logic in Indian Buddhist Thought.  (pages 307–319)Brendan S. Gillon
Buddhist Philosophy of Logic1.  (pages 320–330)Koji Tanaka
Candrakīrti on the Limits of Language and Logic.  (pages 331–348)Karen C. Lang
On the Value of Speaking and Not Speaking.  (pages 349–365)Steven Heine
The Voice of Another.  (pages 366–376)Richard F. Nance
Mind in Theravāda Buddhism.  (pages 377–394)Maria Heim
Philosophy of Mind in Buddhism.  (pages 395–404)Richard P. Hayes
Cognition, Phenomenal Character, and Intentionality in Tibetan Buddhism.  (pages 405–418)Jonathan Stoltz
The Non‐Self Theory and Problems in Philosophy of Mind.  (pages 419–428)Joerg Tuske
Ethical Thought in Indian Buddhism.  (pages 429–451)Christopher W. Gowans
Character, Disposition, and the Qualities of the Arahats as a Means of Communicating Buddhist Philosophy in the Suttas.  (pages 452–465)Sarah Shaw
Compassion and the Ethics of Violence.  (pages 466–475)Stephen Jenkins
Buddhist Ethics and Western Moral Philosophy.  (pages 476–490)William Edelglass
The Enlightened Sovereign.  (pages 491–511)Georgios T. Halkias
Political Interpretations of the Lotus Sūtra.  (pages 512–523)James Mark Shields
Socially Engaged Buddhism.  (pages 524–535)Christopher S. Queen
Comparative Refl ections on Buddhist Political Thought.  (pages 536–551)David Cummiskey
Buddhist Meditation.  (pages 553–571)Charles Goodman
Seeing Mind, Being Body.  (pages 572–584)Anne Carolyn Klein
From the Five Aggregates to Phenomenal Consciousness: Toward a Cross-Cultural Cognitive Science.  (pages 585–597)Jake H. Davis & Evan Thompson
Buddhism and Environmental Ethics.  (pages 599–612)Simon P. James
Buddhism and Biomedical Issues.  (pages 613–630)Damien Keown
War and Peace in Buddhist Philosophy.  (pages 631–650)Sallie B. King
Buddhist Perspectives on Human Rights.  (pages 651–662)Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Buddhist Perspectives on Gender Issues.  (pages 663–674)Rita M. Gross
Diversity Matters.  (pages 675–692)Peter D. Hershock

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