Reasons and Empty Persons: Mind, Metaphysics, and Morality: Essays in Honor of Mark Siderits

ISBN-13: 9783031139949 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023

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Introduction: In Praise of Fusion Philosophy Mark Siderits––Biography 

Part I – Mind

1. But Aren’t We Conscious? A Buddhist Reflection on the Hard Problem Georges Dreyfus 

2. Reasons and Conscious Persons Christian Coseru 

3. ‘Real Descartes’ Galen Strawson 

4. The Imperfect Reality of Persons Jonardon Ganeri 

5. Eliminating Selves, Reducing Persons Monima Chadha and Shaun Nichols 

6. The Curious Case of the Conscious Corpse: A Medieval Buddhist Thought Experiment Robert H. Sharf 

7. How Do Buddhists Account for the Continuity of Mind After Death? Jan Westerhoff 

8. What’s in a Concept? Conceptualizing the Nonconceptual in Buddhist Philosophy and Cognitive Science Evan Thompson 

9. On Necessary Connection in Mental Causation – Nāgārjuna’s Master Argument against the Sautrāntika-Vasubandhu: A Mādhyamika Response to Mark Siderits Sonam Thakchoe 

Part II – Metaphysics 

10. A Post-Reductionist Buddhism? Matthew MacKenzie 

11. Madhyamaka, Ultimate Reality, and Ineffability Jay Garfield and Graham Priest 

12. The Real According to Madhyamaka or Thoughts on Whether Mark Siderits and I Really Disagree Dan Arnold 

13. Anti-Realism and Realism About the Past: A Present for Mark Siderits Arindam Chakrabarti 

14. Buddhist Shipping Containers Koji Tanaka 

15. Finite and Infinite: On Not Making ‘Them’ Different Enough Rupert Read & Christian Greiffenhagen 

Part III – Epistemology 

16. Mark Siderits on Anumāna Shoryu Katsura 

17. Buddhist Reductionism, Fictionalism, and Expressibility Laura P. Guerrero 

18. The Presupposition Strategy and the Two Truths John Spackman 

Part IV – Morality 

19. The Confession: I am a Buddhist Platonist Amber Carpenter 

20. Self-Cultivation Philosophy as Fusion Philosophy: An Interpretation of Buddhist Moral Thought Christopher W. Gowans 

21. Can We Know Whether Śāntideva was a Consequentialist? Charles Goodman 

22. Selfhood and Resentment Rick Repetti 

Publications of Mark Siderits

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Christian Coseru works in the fields of philosophy of mind, phenomenology, and cross-cultural philosophy, especially Indian and Buddhist philosophy in dialogue with Western (classical and contemporary) philosophy and cognitive science. He is also interested in issues in moral psychology concerning empathy and evolution, and agency and responsibility. Author of Perceiving Reality: Consciousness, Intentionality, and Cognition in Buddhist Philosophy (OUP, 2012), his research has been supported by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Australian Research Council. He is currently Lightsey Humanities Chair and Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at the College of Charleston, and Associate Faculty in the Asian Studies and Religious Studies Programs.

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Best known for his groundbreaking and influential work in Buddhist philosophy, Mark Siderits is the pioneer of “fusion” or “confluence philosophy", a boldly systematic approach to doing philosophy premised on the idea that rational reconstruction of positions in one tradition in light of another can sometimes help address perennial problems and often lead to new and valuable insights.

Exemplifying the many virtues of the confluence approach, this collection of essays covers all core areas of Buddhist philosophy, as well as topics and disputes in contemporary Western philosophy relevant to its study. They consider in particular the ways in which questions concerning personal identity figure in debates about agency, cognition, causality, ontological foundations, foundational truths, and moral cultivation. Most of these essays engage Siderits’ work directly, building on his pathbreaking ideas and interpretations. Many deal with issues that have become a common staple in philosophical engagements with traditions outside the West. Their variety and breadth bear testimony to the legacy of Siderits’ impact in shaping the contemporary conversation in Buddhist philosophy and its reverberations in mainstream philosophy, giving readers a clear sense of the remarkable scope of his work.