The Moon Points Back - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0190226870 ISBN 13: 9780190226879

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2015

Synopsis

The Moon Points Back comprises essays by both established scholars in Buddhist and Western philosophy and young scholars contributing to cross-cultural philosophy. It continues the program of Pointing at the Moon (Oxford University Press, 2009), integrating the approaches and insights of contemporary logic and analytic philosophy and those of Buddhist Studies to engage with Buddhist ideas in a contemporary voice.

This volume demonstrates convincingly that integration of Buddhist philosophy with contemporary analytic philosophy and logic allows for novel understandings of and insights into Buddhist philosophical thought. It also shows how Buddhist philosophers can contribute to debates in contemporary Western philosophy and how contemporary philosophers and logicians can engage with Buddhist material.

The essays in the volume focus on the Buddhist notion of emptiness (sunyata), exploring its relationship to core philosophical issues concerning the self, the nature of reality, logic, and epistemology. The volume closes with reflections on methodological issues raised by bringing together traditional Buddhist philosophy and contemporary analytic philosophy. This volume will be of interest to anyone interested in Buddhist philosophy or contemporary analytic philosophy and logic. But it will also be of interest to those who wish to learn how to bring together the insights and techniques of different philosophical traditions.

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Review:

A fantastic volume by some of the world's leading scholars working on the interaction of Western and Buddhist philosophy. It conveys a real sense of excitement about the way the two traditions can advance each other. Highly recommended to philosophers and scholars of Buddhism alike. (Jan Westerhoff, University of Oxford)

About the Author:

Koji Tanaka is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Auckland. Yasuo Deguchi is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Kyoto University. Jay L Garfield is the Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities and a Professor of Philosophy at Smith College. Graham Priest is the Boyce Gibson Professor of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0190226870
• ISBN 13: 9780190226879
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Tanaka Koji, Deguchi Yasuo, Garfield Jay L., Priest Graham