Pointing at the Moon: Buddhism, Logic, Analytic Philosophy

by: Jay L. Garfield (Author),Tom J.F. Tillemans(Author),Mario D’Amato(Author)&1more

Publisher: Oxford University Press
Edition: 1st

Publication Date: September 11, 2009

Language: English

Print Length: 200 pages

ISBN-10: 0195381556

ISBN-13: 9780195381559

Book Description

This volume collects essays by philosophers and scholars working at the interface of Weste philosophy and Buddhist Studies. Many have distinguished scholarly records in Weste 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 essays 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 Weste philosophical and logical traditions.
This volume collects essays by philosophers and scholars working at the interface of Weste philosophy and Buddhist Studies. Many have distinguished scholarly records in Weste 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 essays 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 Weste philosophical and logical traditions.