Pointing at the Moon: Buddhism, Logic, Analytic Philosophy
Jay L. Garfield, Tom J. F. Tillemans, and Mario D'Amato
Abstract
This book contains chapters by philosophers and scholars working at the interface of Western philosophy and Buddhist Studies. Many have distinguished scholarly records in Western philosophy, with expertise in analytic philosophy and logic, as well as deep interest in Buddhist philosophy. Others have distinguished scholarly records in Buddhist Studies with strong interests in analytic philosophy and logic. All are committed to the enterprise of cross-cultural philosophy and to bringing the insights and techniques of each tradition to bear in order to illuminate problems and ideas of the other. ... More
This book contains chapters by philosophers and scholars working at the interface of Western philosophy and Buddhist Studies. Many have distinguished scholarly records in Western philosophy, with expertise in analytic philosophy and logic, as well as deep interest in Buddhist philosophy. Others have distinguished scholarly records in Buddhist Studies with strong interests in analytic philosophy and logic. All are committed to the enterprise of cross-cultural philosophy and to bringing the insights and techniques of each tradition to bear in order to illuminate problems and ideas of the other. These chapters address a broad range of topics in the philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, logic, epistemology, and metaphysics, and demonstrate the fecundity of the interaction between the Buddhist and Western philosophical and logical traditions.
Keywords:
Western philosophy,
Buddhism,
analytic philosophy,
logic,
cross-cultural philosophy,
logical traditions
Bibliographic Information
Print publication date: 2009 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780195381559 |
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2009 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195381559.001.0001 |