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The Structure of Emptiness |
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Graham Priest
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| Source |
Philosophy East and West
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| Volume | v.59 n.4 |
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| Date | 2009.10 |
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| Pages | 467 - 480 |
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| Publisher | University of Hawaii Press |
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https://uhpress.hawaii.edu/
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| Location | Honolulu, HI, US [檀香山, 夏威夷州, 美國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Abstract | The view that everything is empty (?ūnya) is a central metaphysical plank of Mahāyāna Buddhism. It has often been the focus of objections. Perhaps the most important of these is that it in effect entails a nihilism: nothing exists. This objection, in turn, is denied by Mahāyāna theorists, such as Nāgārjuna. One of the things that makes the debate difficult is that the precise import of the view that everything is empty is unclear. The object of this essay is to put the debate in a new light. It does so by proposing a mathematical characterization of Emptiness—that is, the totality of empty things—showing that, whatever it is, it has a definite structure and is not, therefore, to be identified with nothingness. |
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| ISSN | 00318221 (P); 15291898 (E) |
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| DOI | 10.1353/pew.0.0069 |
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| Hits | 1433 |
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| Created date | 2009.10.30 |
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| Modified date | 2019.05.17 |
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