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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783611403321

Autore

Ronkin Noa <1973-, >

Titolo

Early Buddhist metaphysics : the making of a philosophical tradition / / Noa Ronkin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-28311-3

1-134-28312-1

1-280-10535-6

0-203-53706-8

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (294 p.)

Collana

RoutledgeCurzon critical studies in Buddhism. Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies series ; ; no. 1

Disciplina

181.043

Soggetti

Abhidharma

Buddhism - Psychology

Therava  da Buddhism - Doctrines

Buddhism - India - History - To ca. 100 A.D

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. of doctoral dissertation "A metaphysics of experience : from the Budddha's teaching to the Abhidhamma" submitted to the Faculty of Oriental Studies, Oxford University, 2003.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: situating Theravadin doctrinal thought--towards a comparative Buddhist philosophy; The further teaching: Abhidhamma thought in context; What the Buddha taught and Abhidhamma thought: from Dhamma to dhammas; The development of the concept of sabhava and Buddhist doctrinal thought; Individuals: revisiting the Abhidhamma dhamma theory; Causation as the handmaid of metaphysics: from the paiccasamuppada to the Pahana; Concluding reflections; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Early Buddhist Metaphysics provides a philosophical account of the major doctrinal shift in the history of early Theravada tradition in India: the transition from the earliest stratum of Buddhist thought to the systematic and allegedly scholastic philosophy of the Pali Abhidhamma movement. Entwining comparative philosophy and Buddhology, the



author probes the Abhidhamma's metaphysical transition in terms of the Aristotelian tradition and vis-à-vis modern philosophy, exploits Western philosophical literature from Plato to contemporary texts in the fields of philosophy of mind and cultu