The Logic of Unity: The Discovery of Zero and Emptiness in Prajnaparamita Thought (Suny Series in Buddhist Studies) - Couverture souple

Matsuo, Hosaku

 
9780887063923: The Logic of Unity: The Discovery of Zero and Emptiness in Prajnaparamita Thought (Suny Series in Buddhist Studies)
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ISBN 10 : 0887063926 ISBN 13 : 9780887063923
Editeur : State University of New York Press, 1987

Synopsis

This clear and elegant translation reveals how a modern Japanese thinker dared to show the basic flaw of Western epistemology. In unmasking this limitation, Matsuo presents an Eastern view of a unified experience, and provides an epistemological basis for comparative philosophy.

Matsuo notes that while early Greek thought began by focusing on the right counsel ("Know thyself"), since then Western thought has been influenced by empiricistic analysis fired by the rise of scientific philosophy. The author thus turns to Eastern epistemology, in particular Buddhist thought, for clues to the unified experience. The seminal idea of emptiness (śūnyatā) plays a distinct role in this discovery. The concept of emptiness encompasses the whole dimension of perception where there is no room for separation into mind and body and/or any other form of dichotomy.

Once it is known that the total dimension of perception-the logic of unity-functions in each and every person, then and only then can the field of comparative thought and philosophy be cleared of al preconceptions and move into a more fruitful exchange of ideas. Until such a time, Matsuo claims, we are hopelessly engaged in merely refining the epistemological process without ever being able to understand the very basis of intelligence.

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À propos de l'auteur

Kenneth K. Inada is Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Buffalo

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Éditeur
State University of New York Press
Date d'édition
1987
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0887063926
ISBN 13 
9780887063923
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
164
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780887063916: The Logic of Unity: The Discovery of Zero and Emptiness in Prajnaparamita Thought

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ISBN 10 :  0887063918 ISBN 13 :  9780887063916
Editeur : State University of New York Press, 1987
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