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A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy

Steven M. Emmanuel (Herausgeber)

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760 Seiten
2013
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Hersteller)
978-1-118-32400-4 (ISBN)
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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

Steven M. Emmanuel is Professor of Philosophy at Virginia Wesleyan College, USA. He is the author of Kierkegaard and the Logic of Revelation (1996) and editor of two previous volumes with Blackwell: The Guide to the Modern Philosophers: From Descartes to Nietzsche (2001) and Modern Philosophy: An Anthology (2002). In 2008, he produced and directed an award-winning documentary film entitled "Making Peace with Viet Nam.

Notes on Contributors Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction Steven Emmanuel Part I Conceptual Foundations 1The Philosophical Context of Gotama's Thought Stephen J. Laumakis 2 Dukkha, Non-Self, and the Teaching on the Four "Noble Truths" Peter Harvey 3The Conditioned Co-arising of Mental and Bodily Processes within Life and Between Lives Peter Harvey Part II Major Schools of Buddhist Thought 4Theravada Andrew Skilton 5Indian Mahayana Buddhism James Blumenthal 6Tibetan Mahayana and Vajrayana Douglas Duckworth 7East Asian Buddhism Ronald S. Green Part III Themes in Buddhist Philosophy Metaphysics 8Metaphysical Issues in Indian Buddhist Thought Jan Westerhoff 9Emptiness in Mahayana Buddhism: Interpretations and Comparisons David Burton 10Practical Applications of the Perfection of Wisdom Sutra and Madhyamaka in the Kalacakra Tantric Tradition Vesna A. Wallace 11The Huayan Metaphysics of Totality Alan Fox 12Forms of Emptiness in Zen Bret W. Davis 13Between the Horns of Idealism and Realism: The Middle Way of Madhyamaka Graham Priest Epistemology 14A Survey of Early Buddhist Epistemology John J. Holder 15Reason and Experience in Buddhist Epistemology Christian Coseru 16The Three Truths in Tiantai Buddhism Brook Ziporyn 17"Spiritual Exercise" and Buddhist Epistemologists in India and Tibet Matthew T. Kapstein 18Yogic Perception, Meditation, and Enlightenment: The Epistemological Issues in a Key Debate Tom J. F. Tillemans Language and Logic 19Language and Logic in Indian Buddhist Thought Brendan S. Gillon 20 Buddhist Philosophy of Logic Koji Tanaka 21Candrakirti on the Limits of Language and Logic Karen C. Lang 22On the Value of Speaking and Not Speaking: Philosophy of Language in Zen Buddhism Steven Heine 23The Voice of Another: Speech, Responsiveness, and Buddhist Philosophy Richard F. Nance Philosophy of Mind 24Mind in Theravada Buddhism Maria Heim 25Philosophy of Mind in Buddhism Richard P. Hayes 26Cognition, Phenomenal Character, and Intentionality in Tibetan Buddhism Jonathan Stoltz 27The Non-Self Theory and Problems in Philosophy of Mind Joerg Tuske Ethics and Moral Philosophy 28Ethical Thought in Indian Buddhism Christopher W. Gowans 29Character, Disposition, and the Qualities of the Arahats as a Means of Communicating Buddhist Philosophy in the Suttas Sarah Shaw 30Compassion and the Ethics of Violence Stephen Jenkins 31Buddhist Ethics and Western Moral Theories William Edelglass Social and Political Philosophy 32The Enlightened Sovereign: Buddhism and Kingship in India and Tibet Georgios T. Halkias 33Political Interpretations of the Lotus Sutra James Mark Shields 34Socially Engaged Buddhism: Emerging Patterns of Theory and Practice Christopher S. Queen 35Comparative Reflections on Buddhist Political Thought: Auoka, Shambhala and the General Will David Cummiskey Part IV Buddhist Meditation 36Buddhist Meditation: Theory and Practice Charles Goodman 37Seeing Mind, Being Body: Contemplative Practice and Buddhist Epistemology Anne Carolyn Klein 38From the Five Aggregates to Phenomenal Consciousness: Towards a Cross-Cultural Cognitive Science Jake H. Davis and Evan Thompson Part V Contemporary Issues and Applications 39Buddhism and Environmental Ethics Simon P. James 40Buddhism and Biomedical Ethics Damien Keown 41War and Peace in Buddhist Philosophy Sallie B. King 42Buddhist Perspectives on Human Rights Karma Lekshe Tsomo 43Buddhist Perspectives on Gender Issues Rita M. Gross 44Diversity Matters: Buddhist Reflections on the Meaning of Difference Peter D. Hershock Further Reading Index

Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 150 x 250 mm
Gewicht 666 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Östliche Philosophie
Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Buddhismus
ISBN-10 1-118-32400-5 / 1118324005
ISBN-13 978-1-118-32400-4 / 9781118324004
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