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 INDICE: Notes on Contributors xi .Acknowledgments xviii .List of Abbreviations xix .Introduction 1Steven M. Emmanuel .Part I Conceptual Foundations 11 .1 The Philosophical Context of Gotama s Thought 13Stephen J. Laumakis .2 Dukkha, Non–Self, and the Teaching on the Four Noble Truths 26Peter Harvey .3 The Conditioned Co–arising of Mental and Bodily Processes within Life and Between Lives 46Peter Harvey .Part II Major Schools of Buddhist Thought 69 .4 Theravâda 71Andrew Skilton .5 Indian Mahâyâna Buddhism 86James Blumenthal .6 Tibetan Mahâyâna and Vajrayâna 99Douglas Duckworth .7 East Asian Buddhism 110Ronald S. Green .Part III Themes in Buddhist Philosophy 127 .A. Metaphysics 129 .8 Metaphysical Issues in Indian Buddhist Thought 129Jan Westerhoff .9 Emptiness in Mahâyâna Buddhism: Interpretations and Comparisons 151David Burton .10 Practical Applications of the Perfection of Wisdom Stra and Madhyamaka in the Kâlacakra Tantric Tradition 164Vesna A. Wallace .11 The Huayan Metaphysics of Totality 180Alan Fox .12 Forms of Emptiness in Zen 190Bret W. Davis .13 Between the Horns of Idealism and Realism: The Middle Way of Madhyamaka 214Graham Priest .B. Epistemology 223 .14 A Survey of Early Buddhist Epistemology 223John J. Holder .15 Reason and Experience in Buddhist Epistemology 241Christian Coseru .16 The Three Truths in Tiantai Buddhism 256Brook Ziporyn .17 Spiritual Exercise and Buddhist Epistemologists in India and Tibet 270Matthew T. Kapstein .18 Yogic Perception, Meditation, and Enlightenment: The Epistemological Issues in a Key Debate 290Tom J. F. Tillemans .C. Language and Logic 307 .19 Language and Logic in Indian Buddhist Thought 307Brendan S. Gillon .20 Buddhist Philosophy of Logic 320Koji Tanaka .21 Candrakîrti on the Limits of Language and Logic 331Karen C. Lang .22 On the Value of Speaking and Not Speaking: Philosophy of Language in Zen Buddhism 349Steven Heine .23 The Voice of Another: Speech, Responsiveness, and Buddhist Philosophy 366Richard F. Nance .D. Philosophy of Mind 377 .24 Mind in Theravâda Buddhism 377Maria Heim .25 Philosophy of Mind in Buddhism 395Richard P. Hayes .26 Cognition, Phenomenal Character, and Intentionality in Tibetan Buddhism 405Jonathan Stoltz .27 The Non–Self Theory and Problems in Philosophy of Mind 419Joerg Tuske .E. Ethics and Moral Philosophy 429 .28 Ethical Thought in Indian Buddhism 429Christopher W. Gowans .29 Character, Disposition, and the Qualities of the Arahats as a Means of Communicating Buddhist Philosophy in the Suttas 452Sarah Shaw .30 Compassion and the Ethics of Violence 466Stephen Jenkins .31 Buddhist Ethics and Western Moral Philosophy 476William Edelglass .F. Social and Political Philosophy 491 .32 The Enlightened Sovereign: Buddhism and Kingship in India and Tibet 491Georgios T. Halkias .33 Political Interpretations of the Lotus Stra 512James Mark Shields .34 Socially Engaged Buddhism: Emerging Patterns of Theory and Practice 524Christopher S. Queen .35 Comparative Refl ections on Buddhist Political Thought: Aúoka, Shambhala and the General Will 536David Cummiskey .Part IV Buddhist Meditation 553 .36 Buddhist Meditation: Theory and Practice 555Charles Goodman .37 Seeing Mind, Being Body: Contemplative Practice and Buddhist Epistemology 572Anne Carolyn Klein .38 From the Five Aggregates to Phenomenal Consciousness: Towards a Cross–Cultural Cognitive Science 585Jake H. Davis and Evan Thompson .Part V Contemporary Issues and Applications 599 .39 Buddhism and Environmental Ethics 601Simon P. James .40 Buddhism and Biomedical Issues 613Damien Keown .41 War and Peace in Buddhist Philosophy 631Sallie B. King .42 Buddhist Perspectives on Human Rights 651Karma Lekshe Tsomo .43 Buddhist Perspectives on Gender Issues 663Rita M. Gross .44 Diversity Matters: Buddhist Refl ections on the Meaning of Difference 675Peter D. Hershock .Further Reading 693 .Index 696
- ISBN: 978-1-119-14466-3
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
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- Fecha Publicación: 10/11/2015
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