A companion to Buddhist philosophy / edited by Steven M. Emmanuel

Includes bibliographical references and index

Conceptual foundations -- Major schools of Buddhist thought -- Themes in Buddhist philosophy. Metaphysics ; Epistemology ; Language and logic ; Philosophy of mind ; Ethics and moral philosophy ; Social and political philosophy -- Buddhist meditation -- Contemporary issues and applications

The Philosophical Context of Gotama's Thought / Stephen J. Laumakis -- Dukkha, Non-Self, and the Teaching on the Four "Noble Truths" / Peter Harvey -- The Conditioned Co-arising of Mental and Bodily Processes within Life and Between Lives / Peter Harvey -- Therav♯�da / Andrew Skilton -- Indian Mah♯�y♯�na Buddhism / James Blumenthal -- Tibetan Mah♯�y♯�na and Vajray♯�na / Douglas Duckworth -- East Asian Buddhism / Ronald S. Green -- Metaphysical Issues in Indian Buddhist Thought / Jan Westerhoff -- Emptiness in Mah♯�y♯�na Buddhism: Interpretations and Comparisons / David Burton -- Practical Applications of the Perfection of Wisdom S¿±tra and Madhyamaka in the K♯�lacakra Tantric Tradition / Vesna A. Wallace -- The Huayan Metaphysics of Totality / Alan Fox -- Forms of Emptiness in Zen / Bret W. Davis -- Between the Horns of Idealism and Realism: The Middle Way of Madhyamaka / Graham Priest -- A Survey of Early Buddhist Epistemology / John J. Holder -- Reason and Experience in Buddhist Epistemology / Christian Coseru -- The Three Truths in Tiantai Buddhism / Brook Ziporyn -- "Spiritual Exercise" and Buddhist Epistemologists in India and Tibet / Matthew T. Kapstein -- Yogic Perception, Meditation, and Enlightenment: The Epistemological Issues in a Key Debate / Tom J.F. Tillemans -- Language and Logic in Indian Buddhist Thought / Brendan S. Gillon -- Buddhist Philosophy of Logic / Koji Tanaka -- Candrak♯±rti on the Limits of Language and Logic / Karen C. Lang -- On the Value of Speaking and Not Speaking: Philosophy of Language in Zen Buddhism / Steven Heine -- The Voice of Another: Speech, Responsiveness, and Buddhist Philosophy / Richard F. Nance -- Mind in Therav♯�da Buddhism / Maria Heim -- Philosophy of Mind in Buddhism / Richard P. Hayes -- Cognition, Phenomenal Character, and Intentionality in Tibetan Buddhism / Jonathan Stoltz -- The Non-Self Theory and Problems in Philosophy of Mind / Joerg Tuske -- Ethical Thought in Indian Buddhism / Christopher W. Gowans -- Character, Disposition, and the Qualities of the Arahats as a Means of Communicating Buddhist Philosophy in the Suttas / Sarah Shaw -- Compassion and the Ethics of Violence / Stephen Jenkins -- Buddhist Ethics and Western Moral Philosophy / William Edelglass -- The Enlightened Sovereign: Buddhism and Kingship in India and Tibet / Georgios T. Halkias -- Political Interpretations of the Lotus S¿±tra / James Mark Shields -- Socially Engaged Buddhism: Emerging Patterns of Theory and Practice / Christopher S. Queen -- Comparative Reflections on Buddhist Political Thought: A¿›oka, Shambhala and the General Will / David Cummiskey -- Buddhist Meditation: Theory and Practice / Charles Goodman -- Seeing Mind, Being Body: Contemplative Practice and Buddhist Epistemology / Anne Carolyn Klein -- From the Five Aggregates to Phenomenal Consciousness: Towards a Cross-Cultural Cognitive Science / Jake H. Davis and Evan Thompson -- Buddhism and Environmental Ethics / Simon P. James -- Buddhism and Biomedical Issues / Damien Keown -- War and Peace in Buddhist Philosophy / Sallie B. King -- Buddhist Perspectives on Human Rights / Karma Lekshe Tsomo -- Buddhist Perspectives on Gender Issues / Rita M. Gross -- Diversity Matters: Buddhist Refl ections on the Meaning of Difference / Peter D. Hershock

"A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy is the most comprehensive single volume on the subject available; it offers the very latest scholarship to create a wide-ranging survey of the most important ideas, problems, and debates in the history of Buddhist philosophy. Encompasses the broadest treatment of Buddhist philosophy available, covering social and political thought, meditation, ecology and contemporary issues and applications Each section contains overviews and cutting-edge scholarship that expands readers understanding of the breadth and diversity of Buddhist thought Broad coverage of topics allows flexibility to instructors in creating a syllabus Essays provide valuable alternative philosophical perspectives on topics to those available in Western traditions "-- Provided by publisher

"Encompasses the broadest treatment of Buddhist philosophy available, covering social and political thought, meditation, ecology and contemporary issues and applications"-- Provided by publisher