The fifth corner of four : an essay on Buddhist metaphysics and the catuṣkoṭi / Graham Priest.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Priest, Graham, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhist philosophy.

Metaphysics.

First philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (195 pages)

Edition:

New product edition.

Other Title:

Essay on Buddhist metaphysics and the catuṣkoṭi

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Graham Priest presents an exploration of the development of Buddhist metaphysics, which is viewed through the lens of the catuskoti. In its earliest and simplest form this is a logical/metaphysical principle which says that every claim is true, false, both, or neither; but Priest shows how the principle itself evolves as the metaphysics develops.

Contents:

Part I : early India

General background

Quintum non-datur

Well-founded metaphysics

Part II : later India

Emptiness

The fifth corner

Paradox and ineffability

Part III : east Asia

And so on

The golden lion

Enlightenment

After the end

A methodological coda.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

This edition previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-181863-1

0-19-107648-1