The heart of Buddhist philosophy [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910814618203321
• Autore: Jacobson Nolan Pliny
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, 2010
• ISBN: 0-585-10805-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (210 p.)
• Disciplina: 181.043; 181/.043
• Soggetti: Buddhist philosophy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Book Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Buddhist Philosophy on a New Human Frontier; 2. Process Philosophies East and West; 3. The Two Faces of Reason; 4. Nagarjuna; 5. Buddhism and Western Theology; 6. The Religion of Analysis and the Spirit of Modern Science; 7. The Civilization of Experience; Notes; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index; Author Bio; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: In arriving at the heart of Buddhist philosophy, Nolan Pliny Jacobson attempts to eliminate some of the confusion in the West (and perhaps in the East as well) concerning the Buddhist view of what is concrete and ultimately real in the world. Jacobson presents Nagarjuna, the Plato of the Buddhist tradition, as the major exemplar of the Buddhist expression of life. In his comparison of Buddhism and Western theology, Jacobson demonstrates that some efforts in Western religiou