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Contents: Emptiness Appraised: A Critical Study of Nagarjuna's
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Preface |
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Abbreviations |
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Introduction |
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The Purpose of this Study |
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Three Readings of Nagarjuna's Philosophy |
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Some General Reflections on the Interpretation of Nagurjuna |
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The Philosophical Study of Madhyamaka |
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The Problem of Authorship |
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Part I |
17 |
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Nagarjuna and Scepticism |
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Introduction |
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The Nature of Scepticism
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Scepticism, Negative Dogmatism, and Positive Dogmatism
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The Scope of Scepticism
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Undogmatic and Dogmatic Global Scepticism
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Present Global Scepticism and the Future
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Classical Scepticism |
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Isosthenia and epoche in Classical Scepticism
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Academic and Pyrrhonian Scepticism
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Nagarjuna Interpreted as a Sceptic |
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A Refutation of the Sceptical Interpretation |
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Nagarjuna's Knowledge-Claim
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A Non-Sceptical Reading of MMK XIII, 8
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A Non-Sceptical Reading of YS 50-51
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The Non-Sceptical Purpose of Nagarjuna's Method of Argumentation
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Non-Conceptuality and Knowledge of Reality |
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Introduction |
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Conceptualizability and Expressibility
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Interpretation (1): Non-Conceptual Knowledge of an Unconceptualizable
Reality |
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The Unconceptualizable Reality - Immanent or Transcendent?
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Is Interpretation (1) Supported By Textual Evidence? |
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A Philosophical Critique of Interpretation |
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The Paradox of Unconceptualizability and Ineffability
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The Problem of the Two Truths
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The Night In Which All Cows are Black
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S. Katz, etc on Non-Conceptual Religious Knowledge
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Concluding Philosophical Reflections on Interpretation (1)
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Interpretation (2): The Non-Conceptual Meditative Knowledge
Experience of Emptiness |
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Knowledge of Reality Versus the Reality Which is Known |
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Knowledge of Reality is an Experience
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A Short Digression. The Private Nature of Experience
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(1) Knowledge by Acquaintance
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(2) Lack of Explicit Conceptualization
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(3) Focussed Conceptualization
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Concluding Remarks on and Criticisms of Interpretation (2) |
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The Problem of Emtiness as a Mere Absence
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Interpretation (2) and the Question of Nihilism
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The Problem of Nihilism |
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Introduction: The Charge of Nihilism and Nagarjuna's Response |
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The Abhidharma Notion of svabbhava |
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Nargujana's Notion of nibsvabbhava Understood in the
Abhidharma Context |
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A Terminological Difference
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Universal Absence of svabbhava as Equivalent to prajnaptimatra
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Evidence for prajnaptimatra in Nagarjuna's Writings |
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Dependence on Parts
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'Samvrti' and 'samvrta' in the AS
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'Samvrti' and 'vyavahara' in MMK XXIV
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Synonyms for prajnaptimatra
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The Non-Origination of Dependently Originating Entities
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Comparisons with Dreams, Illusions, etc
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MMK XXIV, 18: An Analysis
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Prajnaptimatra and karma |
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Prajnaptimatra and the Possibility of a Public World |
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The Nihilistic Consequences of prajnaptimatra |
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An Alternative Reading
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Textual Difficulties
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A Philosophical Problem
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Conclusion
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Part II |
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The Purpose of Part II |
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The Nyaya Pramana Theory |
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Introduction |
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Cognition (Jnana) |
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Cognition in the NS
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The Developed Nyaya Theory of Cognition
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Pramana-s
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Pramaya-s
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Nyaya Realism |
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Nagarjuna's Non-Apprehension of Entities |
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The Opponent's Objection at VV/VVC 5-6 |
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Nagarjuna's Response at VV/VV C 30 |
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Mutally Dependent Existence |
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Nagarjuna's Position |
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Mutual Dependence and nibsvabbava |
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A Critical Analysis of Nagarjuna's Position |
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The Attack on Validation: Introduction |
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Nagarjuna's Challenge to the Realist |
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The Purpose of Nagarjuna's Attack |
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The Theories of Validation Refuted by Nagarjuna |
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The Validation of Knowledge-episodes Versus the Reflexivity
of Consciousness |
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The Attack on Intrinsic Validation |
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Intrinsic Validation (1): The pramana-s are Validated
by Other pramana-s |
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Nagarjuna's Refutation of Intrinsic Validation (1)
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A Solution to the Infinite Regress Problem
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Intrinsic Validation (2): The pramana-s are Self-Evident |
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The Fire/lamp Analogy
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Nagarjuna's Refutation of Intrinsic Validation (2)
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Critical Analysis of Nagarjuna's Five Arguments
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Some Further Reflections on Self-Evident Knowledge-episodes
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An argument Against Both Intrinsic Validation (1) and (2) |
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The Attack on Extrinsic Validation |
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Extrinsic Validation (1): The pramana-s are Validated
by the prameya-s |
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Nagarjuna's Refutation of Extrinsic Validation (1) |
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Extrinsic Validation (2): Pramana-s and prameya-s
are Mutually Validating |
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Nagarjuna's Refutation of Extrinsic Validation (2)
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A Reply to Nagarjuna's Refutation
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The Attack on Validation: Conclusion |
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The Argument from the Three times |
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Analysis of the Argument |
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The Naiyayika Objection |
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Nagarjuna's Response to the Naiyayika Objection |
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Another Madhyamika Response Considered |
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Further Arguments in the Vaidalyaprakarana |
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The Analysis of the Perception of a Pot |
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Refutation of the pramana as a Cognition which Corresponds
to the Object as prameya |
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The Object Cognized is Just a Condition of the Knowledge-episode
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The Cognition is a prameya, According to the Naiyayikas
Themselves
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Conclusion |
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Appendix: Some Further Reflections on Svabbhava in
Indian Madhyamaka |
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Candrakirti's Claim that the Actual svabbhava of Entities
is Their Lack of svabbhava |
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Adumbrations of Candrakirti's View in Nagarjuna's Writings |
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A gzhan stong Interpretation of AS 44-45b |
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Bibliography |
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Index |
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