Buddhist Philosophy, A Comparative Approach by Emmanuel, Steven M. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Table of Contents Notes on Contributors Acknowledgments Abbreviations Editor’s Introduction 1 Buddhist Philosophy as a Way of Life

Hadot on Philosophy as a Way of Life Tsongkhapa on Philosophy as a Way of Life Convergences and Divergences References

2 The Other Side of Realism

Buddhism and Panpsychism Subjective and Absolute Idealisms in Yogācāra Conclusion References

3 Emergentist Naturalism in Early Buddhism and Deweyan Pragmatism

A Middle Way Between Dualism and Reductive Physicalism Comparing Deweyan Pragmatism and Early Buddhism Defining Emergentist Naturalism A Metaphysics of Causality and Emergent Levels of Reality The Principle of Continuity and Biological Emergence The Human Person: The Emergence of Mind and Consciousness Karma and Moral Agency in Emergentist Naturalism Emergentist Naturalism and Religious Meaning References

4 Metaphysical Dependence, East and West

Introduction A Taxonomy Metaphysical Dependence in the Buddhist Traditions Metaphysical Dependence in Western Traditions The Fruits of Dialogue Conclusion References

5 Metaphysics and Metametaphysics with Buddhism

Buddhist Metaphysical Argumentation: Unqualified and Qualified The Majority View: Metaphysics is Both Legitimate and Necessary A More Promising Metametaphysical Stance: Quietism Qualified Argumentation and Quietism Remaining Matters References

Causality, Intentionality, and Mental Content Cognition and Pragmatic Efficacy A Theoretical Model for Causal Inference Conclusion References

7 Zen’s Nonegocentric Perspectivism

8 Rhetoric of Uncertainty in Zen Buddhism and Western Literary Modernism

Uncertainty as a Model of Self‐Realization Evaluative Method of Kōan Commentary Song Dynasty Resonances with Modernism Uncertain of Uncertainty

9 From the Five Aggregates to Phenomenal Consciousness

The Meaning of Mindfulness A Buddhist Model of the Mind Attention and Consciousness Conclusion References

10 Embodying Change

Women’s Bodies in Buddhism: A Brief Overview Dōgen’s Feminism Nondualism Revalorizing the Maternal Body References

11 Buddhist Modernism and Kant on Enlightenment

What is Buddhist Modernism? What is Enlightenment? The Kantian vs. Scottish Enlightenment Conclusion References

12 Compassion and Rebirth

Buddhism as a Salad Bar Rebirth in the Pāli Canon Very Hidden Phenomena Ethical Behavior and Its Consequences The Practice of Compassion Jay Garfield: Team Buddha Conclusions References

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