| Description |
xv, 233 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Curzon critical studies in Buddhism |
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Curzon critical studies in Buddhism.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Nagarjuna and Scepticism -- 3. Non-Conceptuality and Knowledge of Reality -- 4. The Problem of Nihilism -- 5. The Purpose of Part II -- 6. The Nyaya Pramana Theory -- 7. Nagarjuna's Non-Apprehension of Entities -- 8. Mutually Dependent Existence -- 9. The Attack on Validation: Introduction -- 10. The Attack on Intrinsic Validation -- 11. The Attack on Extrinsic Validation -- 12. The Attack on Validation: Conclusion -- 13. The Argument from the Three Times -- 14. Further Arguments in the Vaidalyaprakarana -- 15. Conclusion -- App. Some Further Reflections on Svabhava in Indian Madhyamaka |
| Summary |
"This book argues that though Nagarjuna advocates the Middle Way between nihilism and eternalism, his philosophy of emptiness nevertheless entails nihilism. Burton also refutes the interpretation that Nagarjuna is a sceptic, and examines Nagarjuna's notion of non-conceptual knowledge of reality. In addition, Nagarjuna's critiques of the Nyaya theory of knowledge (pramana) are critically scrutinised."--Jacket |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography (pages 228-233) |
| Notes |
English, Sanskrit, and Tibetan |
| Subject |
Buddhism.
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Buddhist philosophy.
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Mahayana Buddhism.
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Mādhyamika (Buddhism)
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Sunyata -- Doctrines.
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| LC no. |
00303603 |
| ISBN |
0700710663 |
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