How do Mādhyamikas think? : and other essays on the Buddhist philosophy of the middle / Tom J.F. Tillemans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tillemans, Tom J. F., author.

Series:

Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism

Standardized Title:

Essays. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mādhyamika (Buddhism).

Physical Description:

vii, 279 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Somerville, MA : Wisdom, [2016]

Summary:

How Do Madhyamikas Think? Collects philosopher Tom Tillemans's writing on the most rarefied of Buddhist philosophical traditions, the Madhyamaka, and its radical insight into ontology, epistemology and the well-lived life. Tillemans excels in bring analytic and continental philosophy into conversation with thinkers in the Sanskrit and Tibetan tradition. His approach ranges form relating the history of ideas, to considering implications of those ideas for practice, to formal appraisal of their proofs. These twelve essays are products of rich and sophisticated debates and dialogues with collegues in the field, bringing readers on a fascinating journey through Buddhism's most intriguing school of thought. Book jacket.

Contents:

Madhyamaka's Promise as Philosophy

1 Trying to Be Fair 19

2 How Far Can a Madhyamilca Reform Customary Truth? Dismal Relativism, Fictionalism, Easy-Easy Truth, and the Alternatives 47

Logic and Semantics

3 How Do Madhyamikas Think? Notes on Jay Garfield, Graham Priest, and Paraconsistency 67

4 "How Do Madhyamikas Think?" Revisited 85

5 Prasanga and Proof by Contradiction in Bhaviveka, Candrakirti, and Dbarmakirti 95

6 Apoha Semantics: What Did Bhaviveka Have to Do with It? 111

7 What Happened to the Third and Fourth Lemmas in the Tibetan Madhyamaka? 125

Ethics and the Spiritual Path

8 Madhyamaka Buddhist Ethics 141

9 Reason, Irrationality, and Akrasia (Weakness of the Will) in Buddhism: Reflections upon Santideva's Arguments with Himself 159

10 Yogic Perception, Meditation, and Enlightenment; The Epistemological Issues in a Key Debate between Madhyamaka and Chan 179

Madhyamaka in Contemporary Debates

11 On Minds, Dharmakirti, and Madhyamaka 201

12 Serious, Lightweight, or Neither: Should Madhyamaka Go to Canberra? 221.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-263) and index.

ISBN:

1614292515

9781614292517

OCLC:

913304409