Nagarjuna, Wittgenstein, and Expediency
wood s lot’s mention of Buddhist philosopher Nagarjuna remind me of what an attractive postmodern figure he is. The madhyamika tradition, of which he’s the chief exponent, is basically nihilistic,...
View ArticleNagarjuna’s List of 119 Auspicious Mental Events
This list is given as part of a posited rebuttal to Nagarjuna’s position that mental events are without substance, part of the general theory of emptiness that is part of the Buddhist Madhyamaka...
View ArticleGalen Strawson, Buddhist Philosophy, and Radical Self-Awareness
The recent intersection of analytic philosophy and philosophical Buddhism has been a very heartening sign for me. Not only does it move the discussion away from what I’ve always felt to be the dead-end...
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The Sound of Two Hands Clapping: Georges Dreyfus on Buddhism
I consume enough books that it takes time to see which ones rise to the surface of my memory and stay with me. Georges Dreyfus’ The Sound of Two Hands Clapping is one of one of them. Both a memoir of...
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