This is a book for scholars of Western philosophy who wish to engage with Buddhist philosophy, or who simply want to extend their philosophical horizons. It is also a book for scholars of Buddhist studies who want to see how Buddhist theory articulates with contemporary philosophy. Engaging Buddhism: Why it Matters to Philosophy articulates the basic metaphysical framework comm...
This is a book for scholars of Western philosophy who wish to engage with Buddhist philosophy, or who simply want to extend their philosophical horizons. It is also a book for scholars of Buddhist studies who want to see how Buddhist theory articulates with contemporary philosophy. Engaging Buddhism: Why it Matters to Philosophy articulates the basic metaphysical framework common to Buddhist traditions. It then explores questions in metaphysics, the philosophy of mind, phenomenology, epistemology, the philosophy of language and ethics as they are raised and addressed in a variety of Asian Buddhist traditions. In each case the focus is on philosophical problems; in each case the connections between Buddhist and contemporary Western debates are addressed, as are the distinctive contributions that the Buddhist tradition can make to Western discussions. Engaging Buddhism is not an introduction to Buddhist philosophy, but an engagement with it, and an argument for the importance of that engagement. It does not pretend to comprehensiveness, but it does address a wide range of Buddhist traditions, emphasizing the heterogeneity and the richness of those traditions. The book concludes with methodological reflections on how to prosecute dialogue between Buddhist and Western traditions.
作者简介
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Jay L. Garfield is Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Professor of Humanities and Head of Studies in Philosophy at Yale-NUS College, Professor of Philosophy at the National University of Singapore, Recurrent Visiting Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy at Smith College, Professor of Philosophy at Melbourne Univer...
Jay L. Garfield is Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Professor of Humanities and Head of Studies in Philosophy at Yale-NUS College, Professor of Philosophy at the National University of Singapore, Recurrent Visiting Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy at Smith College, Professor of Philosophy at Melbourne University and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at the Central University of Tibetan Studies. Professor Garfield teaches and pursues research in the philosophy of mind, foundations of cognitive science, logic, philosophy of language, Buddhist philosophy, cross-cultural hermeneutics, ethics and epistemology.
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Acknowledgements
Preface
1. What is Buddhist Philosophy?
2. The Metaphysical Perspective I: Interdependence and Impermanence
3. The Metaphysical Perspective II: Emptiness
4. The Self
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Acknowledgements
Preface
1. What is Buddhist Philosophy?
2. The Metaphysical Perspective I: Interdependence and Impermanence
3. The Metaphysical Perspective II: Emptiness
4. The Self
5. Consciousness
6. Phenomenology
7. Epistemology
8. Logic and the Philosophy of Language
9. Ethics
10. Methodological Postscript
References
Index
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原文摘录
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Buddhist moral theory provides an alternative voice to those in contemporary debates, and a different view of the subject matter of ethics. Buddhist moral theorists see ethics as concerned not primarily with actions, their consequences, obligations, sentiments or human happiness, but rather with the nature of our experience. That is, as we will see, Buddhist ethics is a moral phenomenology concerned with the transformation of our experience of the world, and hence our overall comportment to it. (查看原文)
2 有用 长亭 2026-05-13 20:57:59 北京
J Garfield野心聚集的集大成之作，甚至不能称之为野心，JG后半生致力的就是将佛教哲学纳入分析哲学视野中，这本书预设的写作对象是已经对分析哲学熟悉的读者，然而对这些读者而言，JG那种“龙树—然后-维特根斯坦”式的叙事肯定有牵强附会之嫌，这也是为什么JG在个人网站上的Personal Statement略显悲情。佛学之人不会觉得这是佛学，而对西哲的人来说，首要问的是，我们究竟是不是在讨论同一个... J Garfield野心聚集的集大成之作，甚至不能称之为野心，JG后半生致力的就是将佛教哲学纳入分析哲学视野中，这本书预设的写作对象是已经对分析哲学熟悉的读者，然而对这些读者而言，JG那种“龙树—然后-维特根斯坦”式的叙事肯定有牵强附会之嫌，这也是为什么JG在个人网站上的Personal Statement略显悲情。佛学之人不会觉得这是佛学，而对西哲的人来说，首要问的是，我们究竟是不是在讨论同一个问题？如果答案是“是”，那或许不要佛学也够了，如果是“否”，那必定是文本诠释的。 这本书的文献是新的，问题意识未必是新的，其中关于自我、意识、现象学这几章，JG想力争的无非是东方也可能提供一种参考答案。成功与否我个人无法评说，总得来说，这是一本“很难存在读者”的书。 (展开)
1 有用 Dhamma G闭关中 2019-09-02 21:25:24
只选着读了自己感兴趣的部分，重点看了下因明学里的apoha（遮遣）。整本书都值得好好读，因为从西哲的分类法入手弄清佛教哲学效率太高了。作者是大佬啊，从认知科学到西哲再到佛教哲学，最近搞了个Sellarsian Buddhism...太耀眼了。
0 有用 Lemonade~ 2018-02-08 01:45:04
Balance well maintained