Foundations of Dharmakirti's Philosophy is part of Wisdom's acclaimed Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism series. Dharmakirti is a central figure in the history of Buddhist philosophy. John Dunne's extraordinary work of scholarship illuminates the body of Dharmakirti's work which has profoundly influenced Mahayana Buddhism and South Asian philosophy.
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This book will be challenging for those who do not have a medium-to-strong background in Buddhist philosophy, although a background in western philosophy might be sufficient. John Dunne is considered one of the most prominent rising scholars in the field of Buddhist studies in the US, following on from the generation of Robert Thurman, Jeffrey Hopkins, and others. Although published by Wisdom Publications, one should know that this book is written more for scholars than for Buddhist practitioners. Not that these two are mutually exclusive categories, by any means. In fact, Buddhist monastic education places a great emphasis on the works of Dharmakirti precisely because an understanding of epistemology, logic, and reasoning is an invaluable guide to the practice of the Buddhist path, which involves developing a correct understanding of how things exist.
Despite the tremendous importance of Dharmakirti for Mahayana Buddhism (and even for the development of Indian philosophy more generally), there are not many books that treat in detail the writings of this powerful thinker. Based on a command of Sanskrit and Tibetan, and a strong knowledge of Buddhist philosophy, John Dunne has created what will surely be regarded as the starting place for the study of Dharmakirti in the English language. Because Dharmakirti wrote mainly in the modes of the Sautrantika and Yogacara philosophical "tenet schools," this book also serves as a very good work for coming to understand Sautrantika philosophy.
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This is a well written, timely examination of some of the most important issues facing contempoarary students of Tibetan Buddhist philosophy. The author makes it accessible to the lay student without sacrificing rigor for the specialist. With the current interest in Buddhist philosphy and it's relation to Western thought, for my money, this is a must read. We are lucky to have the efforts of this author placed on this important subject.
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instrumental cognition, telic function, mnemonic cognition, itesimal particles, term svabhdva, delimiting quality, relic function, par byedpa, transempirical knowledge, cognitive appearance, negative concomitance, positive concomitance, intrinsic instrumentality, most prominent causal factor, conceptual coalescence, causal functionality, person with cataracts, pervading property, scriptural inference, cognition whose object, term svabháva, causal characteristics, correct perceptual judgment, dge edition, causal complex Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Buddhist Thought: A Complete Introduction to the Indian Tradition by Paul Williams on page 15, and Back Matter
- Philosophy in Classical India: An Introduction and Analysis by Jonardon Ganeri in Back Matter
- Buddhist Spirituality: Indian, Southeast Asian, Tibetan and Early Chinese v. 1 (World Spirituality) by Takeuchi Yoshinori in Back Matter
- Knowledge and Liberation in Classical Indian Thought (Library of Philosophy and Religion) by Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad in Back Matter
- Problem of Universals in Indian Philosophy by Raja Ram Dravid in Back Matter
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