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The Concealed Influence of Custom

Hume's Treatise from the Inside Out

By: Jay L. Garfield

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The Concealed Influence of Custom

Hume's Treatise from the Inside Out

By: Jay L. Garfield

This volume provides a reading of Hume's Treatise as a whole, foregrounding Hume's understanding of custom and its role in the Treatise. It shows that Hume grounds his understanding of custom in its usage in English legal theory, and that he takes custom to be the foundation for normativity in all of its guises, whether moral, epistemic, or social. The book argues that Hume's project in the Treatise is to provide a socially inflected cognitive science--to understand how persons are constituted through an interaction of individual psychology and their social matrix--and that custom provides the ligature that ties together Hume's naturalism and skepticism. In doing so, it shows that Hume is a consistent Pyrrhonian skeptic, but that he takes the positive part of the skeptical program seriously, showing not only that our practices have no foundation, but that they need none, and that custom alone serves to explain and to justify our practices. (Resumen editorial).

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0190933402

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Pointing at the Moon

Buddhism, Logic, Analytic Philosophy

By: Jay L. Garfield,Tom J.F. Tillemans,Mario D'Amato

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Pointing at the Moon

Buddhism, Logic, Analytic Philosophy

By: Jay L. Garfield,Tom J.F. Tillemans,Mario D'Amato

This volume collects essays by philosophers and scholars working at the interface of Western philosophy and Buddhist Studies. Many have distinguished scholarly records in Western philosophy, with expertise in analytic philosophy and logic, as well as deep interest in Buddhist philosophy. Others have distinguished scholarly records in Buddhist Studies with strong interests in analytic philosophy and logic. All are committed to the enterprise of cross-cultural philosophy and to bringing the insights and techniques of each tradition to bear in order to illuminate problems and ideas of the other. These essays address a broad range of topics in the philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, logic, epistemology, and metaphysics, and demonstrate the fecundity of the interaction between the Buddhist and Western philosophical and logical traditions.

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199

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Oxford University Press

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0199700702

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9780199700707

Empty Words

Buddhist Philosophy and Cross-cultural Interpretation

By: Jay L. Garfield

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Empty Words

Buddhist Philosophy and Cross-cultural Interpretation

By: Jay L. Garfield

This text is intended as a companion to Garfield's translation of The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way, providing additional background, argument, and context.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195146727

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9780195146721

What Can't Be Said

Paradox and Contradiction in East Asian Thought

By: Yasuo Deguchi,Jay L. Garfield,Graham Priest,Robert H. Sharf

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What Can't Be Said

Paradox and Contradiction in East Asian Thought

By: Yasuo Deguchi,Jay L. Garfield,Graham Priest,Robert H. Sharf

Paradox drives a good deal of philosophy in every tradition. In the Indian and Western traditions, there is a tendency among many (but not all) philosophers to run from contradiction and paradox. If and when a contradiction appears in a theory, it is regarded as a sure sign that something has gone amiss. This aversion to paradox commits them, knowingly or not, to the view that reality must be consistent. In East Asia, however, philosophers have reacted to paradox differently. Many East Asian philosophers-both in the Daoist and the Buddhist traditions-have openly embraced paradox. They have taken compelling arguments for contradictory positions to suggest that the world is-at least in some respects, and often in very deep respects-inconsistent, and that our best theories of the world will therefore be inconsistent. This book is an initial survey of the writings of some influential East Asian thinkers who were committed to paradox, and for good reason. Their acceptance of contradiction allowed them to develop important insights that evaded those who consider paradox out of bounds"--

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0197526187

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The Essential Jewel of Holy Practice

By: Jay L. Garfield,Emily W. McRae

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The Essential Jewel of Holy Practice

By: Jay L. Garfield,Emily W. McRae

An exquisite poem from one of Dzogchen’s greatest teachers. The Essential Jewel of Holy Practice is a vibrant philosophical and ethical poem by one of Tibet’s great spiritual masters. Patrul Rinpoche presents a complete view of the path of liberation from the perspectives of the Madhyamaka understanding of emptiness and the Mahayana ideal of compassionate care refracted through the Dzogchen perspective on experience, yielding a sophisticated philosophical approach to practice focusing on the cultivation of clear, open, luminous, empty awareness and of liberation leading to the transformation of one’s moral capacity and sensitivity. Patrul Rinpoche’s verses speak intimately and directly to the reader and inspire one to develop one’s mind for the sake of ethical perfection and liberation. The translators’ introduction provides a foundation for reading the poem and their commentary to the verses assists the reader in understanding Patrul Rinpoche’s allusions and technical terms.

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139

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Simon and Schuster

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1614294631

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9781614294634

Buddhist Ethics

A Philosophical Exploration

By: Jay L. Garfield

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Buddhist Ethics

A Philosophical Exploration

By: Jay L. Garfield

Buddhist Ethics' presents an outline of Buddhist ethical thought. It is not a defense of Buddhist approaches to ethics as opposed to any other, nor is it a critique of the Western tradition. Garfield presents a broad overview of a range of Buddhist approaches to the question of moral philosophy. He argues that while there are important points of contact with these Western frameworks, Buddhist ethics is distinctive, and is a kind of moral phenomenology that is concerned with the ways in which we experience ourselves as agents and others as moral fellows"--

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Oxford University Press

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0190907630

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Minds Without Fear

Philosophy in the Indian Renaissance

By: Nalini Bhushan,Jay L. Garfield

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Minds Without Fear

Philosophy in the Indian Renaissance

By: Nalini Bhushan,Jay L. Garfield

Minds Without Fear is an intellectual and cultural history of India during the period of British occupation. It demonstrates that this was a period of renaissance in India in which philosophy--both in the public sphere and in the Indian universities--played a central role in the emergence of a distinctively Indian modernity. This is also a history of Indian philosophy. It demonstrates how the development of a secular philosophical voice facilitated the construction of modern Indian society and the consolidation of the nationalist movement. Authors Nalini Bhushan and Jay Garfield explore the complex role of the English language in philosophical and nationalist discourse, demonstrating both the anxieties that surrounded English, and the processes that normalized it as an Indian vernacular and academic language. Garfield and Bhushan attend to both Hindu and Muslim philosophers, to public and academic intellectuals, to artists and art critics, and to national identity and nation-building. Also explored is the complex interactions between Indian and European thought during this period, including the role of missionary teachers and the influence of foreign universities in the evolution of Indian philosophy. This pattern of interaction, although often disparaged as "inauthentic" is continuous with the cosmopolitanism that has always characterized the intellectual life of India, and that the philosophy articulated during this period is a worthy continuation of the Indian philosophical tradition.

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Oxford University Press

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0190457600

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Engaging Buddhism

Why it Matters to Philosophy

By: Jay L. Garfield

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Engaging Buddhism

Why it Matters to Philosophy

By: Jay L. Garfield

Articulating the basic metaphysical framework common to Buddhist traditions, this book explores questions in metaphysics, the philosophy of mind, phenomenology, epistemology, the philosophy of language, and ethics as they are addressed in a variety of Asian Buddhist traditions. Focusing on philosophical problems, in each case the connections between Buddhist and contemporary Western debates are examined, as are the distinctive contributions the Buddhist tradition can make to Western discussions.

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401

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0190204346

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9780190204341

Sweet Reason

A Field Guide to Modern Logic

By: James M. Henle,Jay L. Garfield,Thomas Tymoczko

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Sweet Reason

A Field Guide to Modern Logic

By: James M. Henle,Jay L. Garfield,Thomas Tymoczko

Sweet Reason: A Field Guide to Modern Logic, 2nd Edition offers an innovative, friendly, and effective introduction to logic. It integrates formal first order, modal, and non-classical logic with natural language reasoning, analytical writing, critical thinking, set theory, and the philosophy of logic and mathematics. An innovative introduction to the field of logic designed to entertain as it informs Integrates formal first order, modal, and non-classical logic with natural language reasoning, analytical writing, critical thinking, set theory, and the philosophy of logic and mathematics Addresses contemporary applications of logic in fields such as computer science and linguistics A web-site (www.wiley.com/go/henle) linked to the text features numerous supplemental exercises and examples, enlightening puzzles and cartoons, and insightful essays

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118078632

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9781118078631

Losing Ourselves

Learning to Live Without a Self

By: Jay L. Garfield

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Losing Ourselves

Learning to Live Without a Self

By: Jay L. Garfield

Why you don’t have a self—and why that’s a good thing In Losing Ourselves, Jay Garfield, a leading expert on Buddhist philosophy, offers a brief and radically clear account of an idea that at first might seem frightening but that promises to liberate us and improve our lives, our relationships, and the world. Drawing on Indian and East Asian Buddhism, Daoism, Western philosophy, and cognitive neuroscience, Garfield shows why it is perfectly natural to think you have a self—and why it actually makes no sense at all and is even dangerous. Most importantly, he explains why shedding the illusion that you have a self can make you a better person. Examining a wide range of arguments for and against the existence of the self, Losing Ourselves makes the case that there are not only good philosophical and scientific reasons to deny the reality of the self, but that we can lead healthier social and moral lives if we understand that we are selfless persons. The book describes why the Buddhist idea of no-self is so powerful and why it has immense practical benefits, helping us to abandon egoism, act more morally and ethically, be more spontaneous, perform more expertly, and navigate ordinary life more skillfully. Getting over the self-illusion also means escaping the isolation of self-identity and becoming a person who participates with others in the shared enterprise of life. The result is a transformative book about why we have nothing to lose—and everything to gain—by losing our selves.

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Princeton University Press

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0691220573

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Losing Ourselves

Learning to Live Without a Self

By: Jay L. Garfield

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Learning to Live Without a Self

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Engaging Buddhism

Why It Matters to Philosophy

By: Jay L. Garfield

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Why It Matters to Philosophy

By: Jay L. Garfield

Engaging Buddhism is not an introduction to Buddhist philosophy, but an engagement with it, and an argument for the importance of that engagement. It does not pretend to comprehensiveness, but it does address a wide range of Buddhist traditions, emphasizing the heterogeneity and the richness of those traditions. The book concludes with methodological reflections on how to prosecute dialogue between Buddhist and Western traditions. "Garfield has a unique talent for rendering abstruse philosophical concepts in ways that make them easy to grasp. This is an important book, one that can profitably be read by scholars of Western and non-Western philosophy, including specialists in Buddhist philosophy. This is in my estimation the most important work on Buddhist philosophy in recent memory. It covers a wide range of topics and provides perhaps the clearest analysis of some core Buddhist ideas to date. This is landmark work.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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1322331863

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The Concealed Influence of Custom

Hume's Treatise from the Inside Out

By: Jay L. Garfield

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Hume's Treatise from the Inside Out

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0190933402

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Empty Words

Buddhist Philosophy and Cross-cultural Interpretation

By: Jay L. Garfield

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Buddhist Philosophy and Cross-cultural Interpretation

By: Jay L. Garfield

Mulamadhyamakakarika," a 2nd-century philosophical text by the Buddhist saint Nagarjuna, is the foundational text of Mahayana, the Buddhist school that predominates in Tibet, China, Mongolia, Korea, Vietnam, and Japan. Nagarjuna is the founder of the "Madhyamaka," or "Middle Path," school of Mahayana. Jay Garfield's translation (with commentary) of this seminal text has established itself as a definitive edition in the English language. "Empty Words" is intended as a companion to Garfield's translation to "The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way," providing additional background, argument and context. It considers the work of philosophical rivals, and sheds important light on the relation of Nagarjuna's views to other Buddhist and non-Buddhist philosophical positions.

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The Concealed Influence of Custom

The Concealed Influence of Custom

Pointing at the Moon

Pointing at the Moon

Empty Words

Empty Words

What Can't Be Said

What Can't Be Said

The Essential Jewel of Holy Practice

The Essential Jewel of Holy Practice

Buddhist Ethics

Buddhist Ethics

Minds Without Fear

Minds Without Fear

Engaging Buddhism

Engaging Buddhism

Sweet Reason

Sweet Reason

Losing Ourselves

Losing Ourselves

Losing Ourselves

Losing Ourselves

Engaging Buddhism

Engaging Buddhism

The Concealed Influence of Custom

The Concealed Influence of Custom

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