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A Criticism of M. Siderits and J. L. Garfield's ‘Semantic Interpretation' of Nāgārjuna's Theory of Two Truths |
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Ferraro, Giuseppe (著)
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Journal of Indian Philosophy
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| Volume | v.41 n.2 |
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| Date | 2013.04 |
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| Pages | 195 - 219 |
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| Publisher | Springer |
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http://www.springer.com/gp/
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| Location | Berlin, Germany [柏林, 德國] |
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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 | Author Affiliations: Faculty of Philosophy, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil |
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| Keyword | Nāgārjuna; Two truths; Semantic interpretation; Siderits; Garfield |
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| Abstract | This paper proposes a critical analysis of that interpretation of the Nāgārjunian doctrine of the two truths as summarized—by both Mark Siderits and Jay L. Garfield—in the formula: “the ultimate truth is that there is no ultimate truth”. This ‘semantic reading’ of Nāgārjuna’s theory, despite its importance as a criticism of the ‘metaphysical interpretations’, would in itself be defective and improbable. Indeed, firstly, semantic interpretation presents a formal defect: it fails to clearly and explicitly express that which it contains logically; the previously mentioned formula must necessarily be completed by: “the conventional truth is that nothing is conventional truth”. Secondly, after having recognized what Siderits’ and Garfield’s analyses contain implicitly, other logical and philological defects in their position emerge: the existence of the ‘conventional’ would appear—despite the efforts of semantic interpreters to demonstrate quite the contrary—definitively inconceivable without the presupposition of something ‘real’; moreover, the number of verses in Nāgārjuna that are in opposition to the semantic interpretation (even if we grant semantic interpreters that these verses do not justify a metaphysical reconstruction of Nagarjuna’s doctrine) would seem too great and significant to be ignored. |
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| ISSN | 00221791 (P); 15730395 (E) |
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| Hits | 251 |
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| Created date | 2013.10.11 |
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| Modified date | 2023.10.18 |
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