Wittgenstein and BuddhismAn important book for philosophers of religion and students of Buddhism. It attempts to translate... the Mādhyamika articulation of the Buddhist dharma by comparing it with the language analysis of Ludwig Wittgenstein... Chris Gudmunsen has made a persuasive case for showing overlapping philosophical concerns and claims in different cultural traditions separated by two millennia. |
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Logic | 3 |
Experience and its Objects | 15 |
Sensations and Language | 33 |
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Abhidharmists absolute truth according action Aṣṭa attitude aware blue Bodhisattva Buddha Buddhism colour common conditioned dharmas conventional truth Conze correspond distinction entities ethics evaluation everything exist experience experienced-as experiencing expressed fact factual feelings G. E. M. Anscombe Hick Hinayāna idea inner instance Jayatilleke kind knowledge language language-game LAPR logical looks ph Madhyamika Mahāmati Mahasanghikas Mahāyāna Mahāyānists Mañjuśrī meaning mental meta-system mind mistake Moore morality Murti Nāgārjuna natural event Nirvana objective world own-being pain particulars Pears perfect wisdom Perfection of Wisdom philosophical picture pīti Prajñā Prajñāpāramitā primary system private object private sensations Probs reality reason recognise refer relation religion religious Robinson Russell Russell's Sarvāstivādins Schopenhauer sense sense-data similar simple skandhas someone statements Stcherbatsky Streng Subhuti sukha talk Tathāgata theory Theravāda thought tion understanding vedanā volition Wittg Wittgen Wittgenstein says Wittgensteinian words Yogācāra