Mark Siderits is Professor Emeritus in Philosophy at Illinois State University, was also Professor of Philosophy at Seoul National University, and has lectured at Kyoto University. He is the author of numerous books, including The Buddha's Teachings As Philosophy (2022), How Things Are (2021), and, with Shoryu Katsura, Nagarjuna's Middle Way: The Mulamadhyamakakarika(2014). He has made groundbreaking contributions to the study and practice of Buddhism in his extraordinary career, and a collection of his papers on Buddhist philosophy, Studies in Buddhist Philosophy, was published by OUP in 2016.

...Buddhist Physicalism? is comprehensive in scope, clear in exposition, and compelling as an argument for taking Buddhist materialism seriously. ...Siderits invites readers into classical and contemporary debates about the fundamental nature of reality and the content of the Buddha's dharma, developing and defending a striking position with clarity and care. He encourages readers to join a philosophical dialectic that could deepen engagement between Buddhist practice and philosophy and the contemporary world. I recommend accepting that invitation.

• Introduction: The Question Mark Chapter 1: Metaphysics and the Buddhist Project Chapter 2: Buddhist Metaphysical Scruples Chapter 3: Consciousness in Early Buddhism and the Abhidharma Schools Chapter 4: Meta-Cognition and the Reflexivity Thesis Chapter 5: Some Current Controversies Concerning Consciousness Chapter 6: Becoming Minded Chapter 7: The Problem of Phenomenal Consciousness Chapter 8: Assessing the Plausibility of a Buddhist Physicalism

Mark Siderits is Professor Emeritus in Philosophy at Illinois State University, was also Professor of Philosophy at Seoul National University, and has lectured at Kyoto University. He is the author of numerous books, including The Buddha's Teachings As Philosophy (2022), How Things Are (2021), and, with Shoryu Katsura, Nagarjuna's Middle Way: The Mulamadhyamakakarika(2014). He has made groundbreaking contributions to the study and practice of Buddhism in his extraordinary career, and a collection of his papers on Buddhist philosophy, Studies in Buddhist Philosophy, was published by OUP in 2016.

...Buddhist Physicalism? is comprehensive in scope, clear in exposition, and compelling as an argument for taking Buddhist materialism seriously. ...Siderits invites readers into classical and contemporary debates about the fundamental nature of reality and the content of the Buddha's dharma, developing and defending a striking position with clarity and care. He encourages readers to join a philosophical dialectic that could deepen engagement between Buddhist practice and philosophy and the contemporary world. I recommend accepting that invitation.

• Introduction: The Question Mark Chapter 1: Metaphysics and the Buddhist Project Chapter 2: Buddhist Metaphysical Scruples Chapter 3: Consciousness in Early Buddhism and the Abhidharma Schools Chapter 4: Meta-Cognition and the Reflexivity Thesis Chapter 5: Some Current Controversies Concerning Consciousness Chapter 6: Becoming Minded Chapter 7: The Problem of Phenomenal Consciousness Chapter 8: Assessing the Plausibility of a Buddhist Physicalism

Mark Siderits is Professor Emeritus in Philosophy at Illinois State University, was also Professor of Philosophy at Seoul National University, and has lectured at Kyoto University. He is the author of numerous books, including The Buddha's Teachings As Philosophy (2022), How Things Are (2021), and, with Shoryu Katsura, Nagarjuna's Middle Way: The Mulamadhyamakakarika(2014). He has made groundbreaking contributions to the study and practice of Buddhism in his extraordinary career, and a collection of his papers on Buddhist philosophy, Studies in Buddhist Philosophy, was published by OUP in 2016.

...Buddhist Physicalism? is comprehensive in scope, clear in exposition, and compelling as an argument for taking Buddhist materialism seriously. ...Siderits invites readers into classical and contemporary debates about the fundamental nature of reality and the content of the Buddha's dharma, developing and defending a striking position with clarity and care. He encourages readers to join a philosophical dialectic that could deepen engagement between Buddhist practice and philosophy and the contemporary world. I recommend accepting that invitation.

• Introduction: The Question Mark Chapter 1: Metaphysics and the Buddhist Project Chapter 2: Buddhist Metaphysical Scruples Chapter 3: Consciousness in Early Buddhism and the Abhidharma Schools Chapter 4: Meta-Cognition and the Reflexivity Thesis Chapter 5: Some Current Controversies Concerning Consciousness Chapter 6: Becoming Minded Chapter 7: The Problem of Phenomenal Consciousness Chapter 8: Assessing the Plausibility of a Buddhist Physicalism