Other lives : mind and world in Indian Buddhism /

"Human experience is not confined to waking life. Do experiences in dreams matter? Humans are not the only living beings who have experiences. Does nonhuman experience matter? The Buddhist philosopher Vasubandhu, writing during the late fourth and early fifth centuries C.E., argues in his work...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kachru, Sonam (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Vasubandhu > Criticism and interpretation.
Vasubandhu.
Dreams > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Sleep > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Consciousness > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Rêves > Aspect religieux > Bouddhisme.
Sommeil > Aspect religieux > Bouddhisme.
Conscience > Aspect religieux > Bouddhisme.
PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Presentation, Objects, Representations
  • 2. How Not to Use Dreams
  • 3. The Place of Dreams
  • 4. Cosmology for Philosophers
  • 5. Making Up Worlds
  • 6. Transparent Things, Through Which the Past Shines
  • 7. Waking Up and Living Asleep
  • Conclusion: The Future of Past Systems of Possibility
  • Appendix: The Twenty Verses of Vasubandhu
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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