The Dispeller of Disputes: Nagarjuna's Vigrahavyavartani
Author:   Jan Westerhoff (Lecturer, Lecturer, University of Durham)
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Pages:   152
Publication Date:   29 April 2010
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The Dispeller of Disputes: Nagarjuna's Vigrahavyavartani


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Author:   Jan Westerhoff (Lecturer, Lecturer, University of Durham)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.40cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 15.60cm
Weight:   0.227kg
ISBN:  

9780199732708


ISBN 10:   0199732701
Pages:   152
Publication Date:   29 April 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction 2 Text 3 Commentary 3.1 The status of the theory of emptiness 3.1.1 The Madhyamaka dilemma 3.1.2 The sound analogy 3.1.3 The no-thesis view 3.2 Epistemology 3.2.1 Establishing the epistemic instruments 3.2.2 The fire analogy 3.2.3 The epistemic instruments as self-established 3.2.4 Epistemic instruments and their objects 3.2.5 The father-son analogy 3.2.6 Summary 3.3 Intrinsically good things 3.4 Names without objects 3.5 Extrinsic substances 3.6 Negation and existence 3.7 The mirage analogy 3.8 Emptiness and reasons 3.9 Negation and temporal relations 3.10 Conclusion Bibliography

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...Westerhoff's commentary is lucid, philosophically engaging, and included ample references for the serious student of Indian or Western philosophy. Karin Meyers, Center for Buddhist Studies


...Westerhoff's commentary is lucid, philosophically engaging, and included ample references for the serious student of Indian or Western philosophy. * Karin Meyers, Center for Buddhist Studies *


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Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Durham

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