The Fifth Corner of Four
An Essay on Buddhist Metaphysics and the Catu?ko?i
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 19 November 2020
- ISBN 9780192894670
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages208 pages
- Size 234x156x11 mm
- Weight 316 g
- Language English 147
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Short description:
Graham Priest explores the development of Buddhist metaphysics, which is viewed through the lens of the catu?ko?i. In its earliest and simplest form this is a logical/metaphysical principle which says that every claim is true, false, both, or neither; but Priest shows how the principle itself evolves as the metaphysics develops.
MoreLong description:
Graham Priest presents an exploration of Buddhist metaphysics, drawing on texts which include those of N?g?rjuna and D?gen. The development of Buddhist metaphysics is viewed through the lens of the catu?ko?i. At its simplest, and as it appears in the earliest texts, this is a logical/ metaphysical principle which says that every claim is true, false, both, or neither; but the principle itself evolves, assuming new forms, as the metaphysics develops. An important step in the evolution incorporates ineffability. Such things make no sense from the perspective of a logic which endorses the principles of excluded middle and non-contradiction, which are standard fare in Western logic. However, the book shows how one can make sense of them by applying the techniques of contemporary non-classical logic, such as those of First Degree Entailment, and Plurivalent Logic. An important issue that emerges as the book develops is the notion of non-duality and its transcendence. This allows many of the threads of the book to be drawn together at its end. All matters are explained, in as far as possible, in a way that is accessible to those with no knowledge of Buddhist philosophy or contemporary non-classical logic.
an adventurous expedition through two millennia of Buddhist metaphysics . .. plenty of fascinating material . . . rich in clear argument and interpretation of ancient Buddhist texts . . . I highly recommend this book to philosophers,
logicians and buddhologists and everybody else interested in Buddhist philosophy.
Table of Contents:
Before the Beginning
Preface
Part I: Early India
General Background
Quintum Non Datur
Well-Founded Metaphysics
Part II: Later India
Emptiness
The Fifth Corner
Paradox and Ineffability
Part III: East Asia
And So On
The Golden Lion
Enlightenment
After the End
A Methodological Coda
Sino-Japanese Glossary
Bibliography
Index of Names
General Index
