By the Light of the Moon

Candrakīrti's Prāsaṅgika Madhyamaka

AvJay L. Garfield,Sonam Thakchöe

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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Much of the commentary and scholarship on Candrakirti-whether canonical or contemporary-has been concerned with the question of whether Candrakirti is a radical nihilist who denies the possibility of any knowledge and the reality of both the external world and of the mind. Eminent Tibetan exegetes have argued that this is the correct understanding of Candrakirti and of Madhyamaka itself, and that Madhyamaka so understood is the correct philosophical position. Others have argued that Candrakirti provides the resources for reconciling realism with the emptiness of all phenomena. This debate continues among contemporary scholars: many, while less sanguine regarding the cogency of the position they ascribe to Candrakirti, read him explicitly as an ontological and epistemological nihilist. Others take him to advocate a plausible, moderately realist position. The book argues that Candrakirti is not a nihilist. The authors show instead that Candrakirti develops a sophisticated understanding of knowledge in the context of massive delusion, of reality in the world of conventional truth, and of ethics in the domain of human life. This analysis reconciles the claim that all phenomena are empty-that they lack any intrinsic existence or identity-with a moderate realism about the conventional world.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-10-20
Mått:180 x 10 x 140 mm
Vikt:205 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:208
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9780197830758

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Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion
Buddhism inom Filosofi och religion

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Jay L. Garfield is Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy and Buddhist Studies at Smith College, Visiting Professor of Buddhist philosophy at Harvard Divinity School, and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne.Sonam Thakchöe is a Senior Philosophy Lecturer at the University of Tasmania.

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This work is a comprehensive, clear, and capably argued contemporary explication of Candrakīrti's philosophy, which pushes hard towards realism. It is rooted in the similar views of the Tibetan Geluk school but defended with independent philosophical rigour. It should be at the top of the reading list for those interested in Madhyamaka as a live perspective in philosophy.