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Buddhist Philosophy: Essential Readings
Edelglass
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Description for Buddhist Philosophy: Essential Readings
Paperback. Editor(s): Garfield, Jay L.; Edelgass, William. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPDF; HRE. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 670.
The Buddhist philosophical tradition is vast, internally diverse, and comprises texts written in a variety of canonical languages. It is hence often difficult for those with training in Western philosophy who wish to approach this tradition for the first time to know where to start, and difficult for those who wish to introduce and teach courses in Buddhist philosophy to find suitable textbooks that adequately represent the diversity of the tradition, expose students to important primary texts in reliable translations, that contextualize those texts, and that foreground specifically philosophical issues. Buddhist Philosophy fills that lacuna. It ... Read more
The Buddhist philosophical tradition is vast, internally diverse, and comprises texts written in a variety of canonical languages. It is hence often difficult for those with training in Western philosophy who wish to approach this tradition for the first time to know where to start, and difficult for those who wish to introduce and teach courses in Buddhist philosophy to find suitable textbooks that adequately represent the diversity of the tradition, expose students to important primary texts in reliable translations, that contextualize those texts, and that foreground specifically philosophical issues. Buddhist Philosophy fills that lacuna. It ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195328172
SKU
V9780195328172
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Ref
99-1
About Edelglass
William Edelglass is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Marlboro College. Previously he taught at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics, Dharamsala, India. His research focuses on Buddhist philosophy, environmental philosophy, and twentieth century continental philosophy. Jay Garfield is Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy at Smith College. His books include the translations of ... Read more
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