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"Emptiness" as Aspect: Nāgārjuna and the Later Wittgenstein |
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Smith, Joshua William (著)
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| Source |
Philosophy East and West
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| Volume | v.73 n.2 |
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| Date | 2023.04 |
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| Pages | 369 - 391 |
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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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| Note | Joshua William Smith is an independent scholar. |
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| Abstract | Unlike previous comparisons between Nāgārjuna and the later Wittgenstein, this article denies that either philosophy intends to replace ontological pluralism with holism (see, e.g., Streng 1967, Hudson 1973, Gudmunsen 1974 and 1977, Waldo 1975 and 1978, and Katz 1981). Instead, employing a "therapeutic" reading of the Philosophical Investigations associated with the later Gordon Baker, it is proposed that Nāgārjuna and the later Wittgenstein claim that an ontology consisting of discrete particulars is pictorially indeterminate, visible under either aspect of parts or a whole. What Nāgārjuna and Wittgenstein share is an understanding of contrary positions like pluralism and holism as interchangeable Gestalten rather than matters of fact. As a result, I argue that Nāgārjuna's philosophy may be understood in terms of a broader non-dualism employed as a skill-in-means (upāyakauśalya). Akin to Wittgenstein's notion of an "object of comparison" (PI §131), Nāgārjuna's chief insight amounts to a useful perspective rather than a philosophical thesis. |
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| Table of contents | Introduction 369
Madhyamaka and the Later Wittgenstein as Holism—The “Standard” Comparative Account 371
The Status of Atomism in Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Development 374
Pictures and “Therapy” in Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations—the Later Gordon Baker 375
The Gestalt of Parts and Wholes in the Later Wittgenstein 378
The Ontological Status of Dharmas in the Abhidharma 381
Non-dualism as “Skill-in-Means” in Nāgārjuna’s “Emptiness” and “Dependent Origination” 383
Conclusion 386
Notes 387
References 388
Primary Sources 388
Secondary Sources 389 |
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| ISSN | 00318221 (P); 15291898 (E) |
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| DOI | 10.1353/pew.2023.a898073 |
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| Hits | 187 |
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| Created date | 2024.03.15 |
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| Modified date | 2024.03.19 |
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