Emmanuel Philosophy's Big Questions

Comparing Buddhist and Western Approaches
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-231-55361-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

The essays in this book turn to the major figures and texts of the Buddhist tradition in order to expand and enrich our thinking on enduring philosophical questions. Featuring striking and generative comparisons, Philosophy’s Big Questions offers readers new conceptual tools, methods, and insights for the pursuit of a good and happy life.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Emmanuel, Steven M.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Laumakis, Stephen J.

Duckworth, Douglas S.

Westerhoff, Jan

Arnold, Dan

Repetti, Rick

Carpenter, Amber D.

Hershock, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Indische & Asiatische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword, by Leah Kalmanson
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Editor’s Introduction, by Steven M. Emmanuel
1. How Should We Live? Happiness, Human Flourishing, and the Good Human Life, by Stephen J. Laumakis
2. What Is Knowledge? Knowledge in the Context of Buddhist Thought, by Douglas Duckworth
3. Does Reality Have a Ground? Madhyamaka and Nonfoundationalism, by Jan Westerhoff
4. Can Consciousness Be Explained? Buddhist Idealism and the “Hard Problem” in Philosophy of Mind, by Dan Arnold
5. Is Anything We Do Really Up to Us? Western and Buddhist Philosophical Perspectives on Free Will, by Rick Repetti
6. Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People? “And None of Us Deserving the Cruelty or the Grace”—Buddhism and the Problem of Evil, by Amber D. Carpenter
7. How Much Is Enough? Greed, Prosperity, and the Economic Problem of Happiness—a Comparative Perspective, by Steven M. Emmanuel
8. What Do We Owe Future Generations? Compassion and Future Generations—a Buddhist Contribution to an Ethics of Global Interdependence, by Peter D. Hershock
Concluding Remarks, by Steven M. Emmanuel
For Further Reading and Study
Contributors
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Steven M. Emmanuel is professor of philosophy and dean of the Susan S. Goode School of Arts and Humanities at Virginia Wesleyan University. He is the editor of Buddhist Philosophy: A Comparative Approach (2018) and A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy (2013), as well as many publications on major figures in the modern European tradition.