Kachru Other Lives

Mind and World in Indian Buddhism
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-231-55338-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

In his The Twenty Verses, the Buddhist philosopher Vasubandhu invites readers to explore experiences in dreams and to inhabit the experiences of nonhuman beings—animals, hungry ghosts, and beings in hell. Sonam Kachru provides a deep engagement with Vasubandhu’s account of mind in a global philosophical perspective.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kachru, Sonam

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Indische & Asiatische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Presentation, Objects, Representations
2. How Not to Use Dreams
3. The Place of Dreams
4. Cosmology for Philosophers
5. Making Up Worlds
6. Transparent Things, Through Which the Past Shines
7. Waking Up and Living Asleep
Conclusion: The Future of Past Systems of Possibility
Appendix: The Twenty Verses of Vasubandhu in Translation
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Sonam Kachru is assistant professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia. His research centers on the history of philosophy with a particular focus on the history of Buddhist philosophy and literature in South Asia.