A companion to Buddhist philosophy

Notes on Contributors xi Acknowledgments xviii List of Abbreviations xix Introduction 1Steven M. Emmanuel Part I Conceptual Foundations 11 1 The Philosophical Context of Gotama’s Thought 13Stephen J. Laumakis 2 Dukkha, Non-Self, and the Teaching on the Four “Noble Truths” 26Peter Harvey 3 The Conditioned Co-arising of Mental and Bodily Processes within Life and Between Lives 46Peter Harvey Part II Major Schools of Buddhist Thought 69 4 Theravâda 71Andrew Skilton 5 Indian Mahâyâna Buddhism 86James Blumenthal 6 Tibetan Mahâyâna and Vajrayâna 99Douglas Duckworth 7 East Asian Buddhism 110Ronald S. Green Part III Themes in Buddhist Philosophy 127 A. Metaphysics 129 8 Metaphysical Issues in Indian Buddhist Thought 129Jan Westerhoff 9 Emptiness in Mahâyâna Buddhism: Interpretations and Comparisons 151David Burton 10 Practical Applications of the Perfection of Wisdom Stra and Madhyamaka in the Kâlacakra Tantric Tradition 164Vesna A. Wallace 11 The Huayan Metaphysics of Totality 180Alan Fox 12 Forms of Emptiness in Zen 190Bret W. Davis 13 Between the Horns of Idealism and Realism: The Middle Way of Madhyamaka 214Graham Priest B. Epistemology 223 14 A Survey of Early Buddhist Epistemology 223John J. Holder 15 Reason and Experience in Buddhist Epistemology 241Christian Coseru 16 The Three Truths in Tiantai Buddhism 256Brook Ziporyn 17 “Spiritual Exercise” and Buddhist Epistemologists in India and Tibet 270Matthew T. Kapstein 18 Yogic Perception, Meditation, and Enlightenment: The Epistemological Issues in a Key Debate 290Tom J. F. Tillemans C. Language and Logic 307 19 Language and Logic in Indian Buddhist Thought 307Brendan S. Gillon 20 Buddhist Philosophy of Logic 320Koji Tanaka 21 Candrakîrti on the Limits of Language and Logic 331Karen C. Lang 22 On the Value of Speaking and Not Speaking: Philosophy of Language in Zen Buddhism 349Steven Heine 23 The Voice of Another: Speech, Responsiveness, and Buddhist Philosophy 366Richard F. Nance D. Philosophy of Mind 377 24 Mind in Theravâda Buddhism 377Maria Heim 25 Philosophy of Mind in Buddhism 395Richard P. Hayes 26 Cognition, Phenomenal Character, and Intentionality in Tibetan Buddhism 405Jonathan Stoltz 27 The Non-Self Theory and Problems in Philosophy of Mind 419Joerg Tuske E. Ethics and Moral Philosophy 429 28 Ethical Thought in Indian Buddhism 429Christopher W. Gowans 29 Character, Disposition, and the Qualities of the Arahats as a Means of Communicating Buddhist Philosophy in the Suttas 452Sarah Shaw 30 Compassion and the Ethics of Violence 466Stephen Jenkins 31 Buddhist Ethics and Western Moral Philosophy 476William Edelglass F. Social and Political Philosophy 491 32 The Enlightened Sovereign: Buddhism and Kingship in India and Tibet 491Georgios T. Halkias 33 Political Interpretations of the Lotus Stra 512James Mark Shields 34 Socially Engaged Buddhism: Emerging Patterns of Theory and Practice 524Christopher S. Queen 35 Comparative Refl ections on Buddhist Political Thought: Aúoka, Shambhala and the General Will 536David Cummiskey Part IV Buddhist Meditation 553 36 Buddhist Meditation: Theory and Practice 555Charles Goodman 37 Seeing Mind, Being Body: Contemplative Practice and Buddhist Epistemology 572Anne Carolyn Klein 38 From the Five Aggregates to Phenomenal Consciousness: Towards a Cross-Cultural Cognitive Science 585Jake H. Davis and Evan Thompson Part V Contemporary Issues and Applications 599 39 Buddhism and Environmental Ethics 601Simon P. James 40 Buddhism and Biomedical Issues 613Damien Keown 41 War and Peace in Buddhist Philosophy 631Sallie B. King 42 Buddhist Perspectives on Human Rights 651Karma Lekshe Tsomo 43 Buddhist Perspectives on Gender Issues 663Rita M. Gross 44 Diversity Matters: Buddhist Refl ections on the Meaning of Difference 675Peter D. Hershock Further Reading 693 Index 696