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The Non-Existence of the Real World

Jan Westerhoff

Does the real world, defined as a world of objects that exist independent of human interests, concerns, and cognitive activities, really exist? Jan Westerhoff argues that we have good reason to believe it does not. His discussion considers four main facets of the idea...

The Golden Age of Indian Buddhist Philosophy

Jan Westerhoff

Jan Westerhoff unfolds the story of one of the richest episodes in the history of Indian thought, the development of Buddhist philosophy in the first millennium CE. He starts from the composition of the Abhidharma works before the beginning of the common era and...

The Golden Age of Indian Buddhist Philosophy

Jan Westerhoff

Jan Westerhoff unfolds the story of one of the richest episodes in the history of Indian thought, the development of Buddhist philosophy in the first millennium CE. He starts from the composition of the Abhidharma works before the beginning of the common era and...

Madhyamaka and Yogacara

Jay L. Garfield , Jan Westerhoff

Madhyamaka and Yogacara are the two principal schools of Mahayana Buddhist philosophy. WhileMadhyamaka asserts the ultimate emptiness and conventional reality of all phenomena, Yogacara is usually considered to be idealistic. This collection of essays addresses the...

Twelve Examples of Illusion

Jan Westerhoff

Tibetan Buddhist writings frequently state that many of the things we perceive in the world are in fact illusory, as illusory as echoes or mirages. In Twelve Examples of Illusion, Jan Westerhoff offers an engaging look at a dozen illusions--including magic tricks,...

The Dispeller of Disputes

Jan Westerhoff

Nagarjuna's Vigrahavyavartani is an essential work of Madhyamaka Buddhist philosophical literature. Written in an accessible question-and-answer style, it containsNagarjuna's replies to criticisms of his philosophy of the "Middle Way." The Vigrahavyavartani has been...

Nagarjuna's Madhyamaka

Jan Westerhoff

Ontological Categories

Jan Westerhoff

The concept of an ontological category is central to metaphysics. Metaphysicians argue about which category an object should be assigned to, whether one category can be reduced to another one, or whether there might be different equally adequate systems of...