Verlag: Oxford University Press, 2009
ISBN 10: 0195384962 ISBN 13: 9780195384963
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Verlag: Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, Oxford, 2011
ISBN 10: 0199594414 ISBN 13: 9780199594412
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Paperback. Zustand: USED_VERYGOOD. 'What is real?' has been one of the key questions of philosophy since its beginning in antiquity. It is a question that, due to such films as The Matrix, has also made its way into popular culture. But it is not just a question philosophers ask. It is also asked by scientists when they investigate whether the fundamental constituents of matter are actually 'out there' or just a mere abstraction from a successful theory. Cognitive scientists ask it when trying to find out which set of the bewildering array of data processed by our brain could constitute the basis for such supposedly fundamental entities like the free agent or the self. This Very Short Introduction discusses what reality is by looking at a variety of arguments, theories and thought-experiments from philosophy, physics, and cognitive science. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Verlag: OUP Oxford, 2023
ISBN 10: 0198878397 ISBN 13: 9780198878391
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Verlag: OUP USA, 2024
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Verlag: Elsevier Science, 2007
ISBN 10: 0444520856 ISBN 13: 9780444520852
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Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Jun 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 0198847912 ISBN 13: 9780198847915
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Buch. Zustand: NEW. Neuware - Does the real world, defined as a world of objects that exist independent of human interests, concerns, and cognitive activities, actually exist Jan Westerhoff argues that we have good reason to believe it does not. He draws on the philosophy of Madhyamaka Buddhism, but defends his stance in a Western philosophical framework.
Verlag: Oxford University Press|OUP Oxford, 2018
ISBN 10: 019873266X ISBN 13: 9780198732662
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Gebunden. Zustand: NEW. Jan Westerhoff unfolds the story of one of the richest episodes in the history of Indian thought, the development of Buddhist philosophy during the first millennium CE. He aims to offer the reader a systematic grasp of key Buddhist concepts such as non-self.
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR, 2015
ISBN 10: 0190231289 ISBN 13: 9780190231286
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Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Apr 2010, 2010
ISBN 10: 0199732698 ISBN 13: 9780199732692
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: NEW. Neuware - Nagarjuna's Vigrahavyavartani is one of the most important Madhyamaka Buddhist philosophical texts. Jan Westerhoff offers a new translation, reflecting the best current philological research and all available editions, and adds his own philosophical commentary on the text. His nuanced, philosophically sophisticated commentary explains Nagarjuna's arguments in a way that is both grounded in historical and textual scholarship and connected explicitly to contemporary philosophical concerns.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Jan 2006, 2006
ISBN 10: 0199285047 ISBN 13: 9780199285044
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Buch. Zustand: NEW. Neuware - The concept of an ontological category is central to metaphysics. Metaphysicians argue about which category of existence an object should be assigned to, whether one category can be reduced to another one, or whether there might be different equally adequate systems of categorization. Answers to these questions presuppose a clear understanding of what precisely an ontological category is, and Jan Westerhoff now provides the first in-depth analysis. After examining a variety of attempted definitions, he proceeds to argue for a new understanding of ontological categories, according to which they are systematizations of our knowledge of the world rather than essential characteristics of the world itself. Metaphysicians will find his work highly stimulating.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA Feb 2009, 2009
ISBN 10: 0195375211 ISBN 13: 9780195375213
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Buch. Zustand: NEW. Neuware - The Indian philosopher Acharya Nagarjuna (c. 150-250 CE) was the founder of the Madhyamaka (Middle Path) school of Mahayana Buddhism and arguably the most influential Buddhist thinker after Buddha himself. Indeed, in the Tibetan and East Asian traditions, Nagarjuna is often referred to as the 'second Buddha.' His primary contribution to Buddhist thought lies is in the further development of the concept of sunyata or 'emptiness.' For Nagarjuna, all phenomena are without any svabhaba, literally 'own-nature' or 'self-nature,' and thus without any underlying essence. In this book, Jan Westerhoff offers a systematic account of Nagarjuna's philosophical position. He reads Nagarjuna in his own philosophical context, but he does not hesitate to show that the issues of Indian and Tibetan Buddhist philosophy have at least family resemblances to issues in European philosophy.