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Buddhist philosophy of consciousness : tradition and dialogue / edited by Mark Siderits, Ching Keng and John Spackman.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Value inquiry book series. Cognitive science ; ; v. 354.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill-Rodopi, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (ix, 345 pages)Content type:
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  • 9789004440913
  • 9004440917
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Buddhist philosophy of consciousness.DDC classification:
  • 181/.043 23
LOC classification:
  • BQ4570.P76 B825 2021
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Notes on contributors -- Introduction -- PART 1. CONCEPTUALISM AND NONCONCEPTUALISM. Introduction to Part 1 -- 1. Knowing blue: Abhidharmika accounts of the immediacy of sense perception / Robert H. Sharf -- 2. Nonconceptual cognition in Yogacara and Madhyamaka thought / John Spackman -- 3. Turning earth to gold: the early Yogacara understanding of experience following non-conceptual cognition / RoyTzohar -- PART 2. META-COGNITION. Introcution to Part 2 -- 4. Whose consciousness? Reflexivity and the problem of self-knowledge / Christian Coseru -- 5. Should Madhyamikas refute subjectivity? Thoughts on what might be at stake in debates on self-awareness / Dan Arnold -- 6. Self-knowledge and non-self / Mark Siderits -- 7. The genesis of *Svasamvitti-samvitti reconsidered / Toru Funayama -- 8. Dharmapala on the cognition if other minds (paracittajñaña) / Shinya Moriyama -- PART 3. MENTAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN EAST ASIAN BUDDHISM: MSF. Introduction to Part 3 -- 9. Manasa-pratyaksa as the perception of conventionally real (prajñaptisat) properties: interpreting Dignaga's mañasa-pratyaksa based on clues from Kuiji / ChingKeng -- 10. Mental consciousness and its objects / Zhihua Yao -- 11. Vasubandhu's theory of memory: a reading based on the Chinese commentaries / Chen-kuo Lin -- Index.
Summary: "Buddhist Philosophy of Consciousness brings Buddhist voices to the study of consciousness. This book explores a variety of different Buddhist approaches to consciousness that developed out of the Buddhist theory of non-self. Topics taken up in these investigations include: how we are able to cognize our own cognitions; whether all conscious states involve conceptualization; whether distinct forms of cognition can operate simultaneously in a single mental stream; whether non-existent entities can serve as intentional objects; and does consciousness have an intrinsic nature, or can it only be characterized functionally? These questions have all featured in recent debates in consciousness studies. The answers that Buddhist philosophers developed to such questions are worth examining just because they may represent novel approaches to questions about consciousness"-- Provided by publisher
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)2682998

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Notes on contributors -- Introduction -- PART 1. CONCEPTUALISM AND NONCONCEPTUALISM. Introduction to Part 1 -- 1. Knowing blue: Abhidharmika accounts of the immediacy of sense perception / Robert H. Sharf -- 2. Nonconceptual cognition in Yogacara and Madhyamaka thought / John Spackman -- 3. Turning earth to gold: the early Yogacara understanding of experience following non-conceptual cognition / RoyTzohar -- PART 2. META-COGNITION. Introcution to Part 2 -- 4. Whose consciousness? Reflexivity and the problem of self-knowledge / Christian Coseru -- 5. Should Madhyamikas refute subjectivity? Thoughts on what might be at stake in debates on self-awareness / Dan Arnold -- 6. Self-knowledge and non-self / Mark Siderits -- 7. The genesis of *Svasamvitti-samvitti reconsidered / Toru Funayama -- 8. Dharmapala on the cognition if other minds (paracittajñaña) / Shinya Moriyama -- PART 3. MENTAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN EAST ASIAN BUDDHISM: MSF. Introduction to Part 3 -- 9. Manasa-pratyaksa as the perception of conventionally real (prajñaptisat) properties: interpreting Dignaga's mañasa-pratyaksa based on clues from Kuiji / ChingKeng -- 10. Mental consciousness and its objects / Zhihua Yao -- 11. Vasubandhu's theory of memory: a reading based on the Chinese commentaries / Chen-kuo Lin -- Index.

"Buddhist Philosophy of Consciousness brings Buddhist voices to the study of consciousness. This book explores a variety of different Buddhist approaches to consciousness that developed out of the Buddhist theory of non-self. Topics taken up in these investigations include: how we are able to cognize our own cognitions; whether all conscious states involve conceptualization; whether distinct forms of cognition can operate simultaneously in a single mental stream; whether non-existent entities can serve as intentional objects; and does consciousness have an intrinsic nature, or can it only be characterized functionally? These questions have all featured in recent debates in consciousness studies. The answers that Buddhist philosophers developed to such questions are worth examining just because they may represent novel approaches to questions about consciousness"-- Provided by publisher

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