This is a book for scholars of Western philosophy who wish to engage with Buddhist philosophy, or who simply want to extend their philosophical horizons. It is also a book for scholars of Buddhist studies who want to see how Buddhist theory articulates with contemporary philosophy.

Jay L. Garfield is Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Professor of Humanities and Head of Studies in Philosophy at Yale-NUS College, Professor of Philosophy at the National University of Singapore, Recurrent Visiting Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy at Smith College, Professor of Philosophy at Melbourne University and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at the Central University of Tibetan Studies. Professor Garfield teaches and pursues research in the philosophy of mind, foundations of cognitive science, logic, philosophy of language, Buddhist philosophy, cross-cultural hermeneutics, ethics and epistemology.

• Acknowledgements


• Preface


• 1. What is Buddhist Philosophy?


• 2. The Metaphysical Perspective I: Interdependence and Impermanence


• 3. The Metaphysical Perspective II: Emptiness


• 4. The Self


• 5. Consciousness


• 6. Phenomenology


• 7. Epistemology


• 8. Logic and the Philosophy of Language


• 9. Ethics


• 10. Methodological Postscript


• References


• Index