Steven M. Emmanuel is Professor of Philosophy at Virginia Wesleyan College, USA. He is the author of Kierkegaard and the Logic of Revelation (1996) and editor of two previous volumes with Blackwell: The Guide to the Modern Philosophers: From Descartes to Nietzsche (2001) and Modern Philosophy: An Anthology (2002). In 2008, he produced and directed an award-winning documentary film entitled Making Peace with Viet Nam.

• Notes on Contributors xiAcknowledgments xviiiList of Abbreviations xixIntroduction 1Steven M. EmmanuelPart I Conceptual Foundations 111 The Philosophical Context of Gotama’s Thought 13Stephen J. Laumakis2 Dukkha, Non-Self, and the Teaching on the Four “Noble Truths” 26Peter Harvey3 The Conditioned Co-arising of Mental and Bodily Processes within Life and Between Lives 46Peter HarveyPart II Major Schools of Buddhist Thought 694 Theravâda 71Andrew Skilton5 Indian Mahâyâna Buddhism 86James Blumenthal6 Tibetan Mahâyâna and Vajrayâna 99Douglas Duckworth7 East Asian Buddhism 110Ronald S. GreenPart III Themes in Buddhist Philosophy 127A. Metaphysics 1298 Metaphysical Issues in Indian Buddhist Thought 129Jan Westerhoff9 Emptiness in Mahâyâna Buddhism: Interpretations and Comparisons 151David Burton10 Practical Applications of the Perfection of Wisdom Stra and Madhyamaka in the Kâlacakra Tantric Tradition 164Vesna A. Wallace11 The Huayan Metaphysics of Totality 180Alan Fox12 Forms of Emptiness in Zen 190Bret W. Davis13 Between the Horns of Idealism and Realism: The Middle Way of Madhyamaka 214Graham PriestB. Epistemology 22314 A Survey of Early Buddhist Epistemology 223John J. Holder15 Reason and Experience in Buddhist Epistemology 241Christian Coseru16 The Three Truths in Tiantai Buddhism 256Brook Ziporyn17 “Spiritual Exercise” and Buddhist Epistemologists in India and Tibet 270Matthew T. Kapstein18 Yogic Perception, Meditation, and Enlightenment: The Epistemological Issues in a Key Debate 290Tom J. F. TillemansC. Language and Logic 30719 Language and Logic in Indian Buddhist Thought 307Brendan S. Gillon20 Buddhist Philosophy of Logic 320Koji Tanaka21 Candrakîrti on the Limits of Language and Logic 331Karen C. Lang22 On the Value of Speaking and Not Speaking: Philosophy of Language in Zen Buddhism 349Steven Heine23 The Voice of Another: Speech, Responsiveness, and Buddhist Philosophy 366Richard F. NanceD. Philosophy of Mind 37724 Mind in Theravâda Buddhism 377Maria Heim25 Philosophy of Mind in Buddhism 395Richard P. Hayes26 Cognition, Phenomenal Character, and Intentionality in Tibetan Buddhism 405Jonathan Stoltz27 The Non-Self Theory and Problems in Philosophy of Mind 419Joerg TuskeE. Ethics and Moral Philosophy 42928 Ethical Thought in Indian Buddhism 429Christopher W. Gowans29 Character, Disposition, and the Qualities of the Arahats as a Means of Communicating Buddhist Philosophy in the Suttas 452Sarah Shaw30 Compassion and the Ethics of Violence 466Stephen Jenkins31 Buddhist Ethics and Western Moral Philosophy 476William EdelglassF. Social and Political Philosophy 49132 The Enlightened Sovereign: Buddhism and Kingship in India and Tibet 491Georgios T. Halkias33 Political Interpretations of the Lotus Stra 512James Mark Shields34 Socially Engaged Buddhism: Emerging Patterns of Theory and Practice 524Christopher S. Queen35 Comparative Refl ections on Buddhist Political Thought: Aúoka, Shambhala and the General Will 536David CummiskeyPart IV Buddhist Meditation 55336 Buddhist Meditation: Theory and Practice 555Charles Goodman37 Seeing Mind, Being Body: Contemplative Practice and Buddhist Epistemology 572Anne Carolyn Klein38 From the Five Aggregates to Phenomenal Consciousness: Towards a Cross-Cultural Cognitive Science 585Jake H. Davis and Evan ThompsonPart V Contemporary Issues and Applications 59939 Buddhism and Environmental Ethics 601Simon P. James40 Buddhism and Biomedical Issues 613Damien Keown41 War and Peace in Buddhist Philosophy 631Sallie B. King42 Buddhist Perspectives on Human Rights 651Karma Lekshe Tsomo43 Buddhist Perspectives on Gender Issues 663Rita M. Gross44 Diversity Matters: Buddhist Refl ections on the Meaning of Difference 675Peter D. HershockFurther Reading 693Index 696

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