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Mānasapratyakṣa as the Perception of Conventionally Real (prajñaptisat) Properties—Interpreting Dignāga’s mānasa-pratyakṣa Based on Clues from Kuiji |
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Keng, Ching
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Buddhist Philosophy of Consciousness: Tradition and Dialogue
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| Date | 2020.11.19 |
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| Pages | 247 - 274 |
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| Publisher | BRILL |
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https://brill.com/
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| Location | Leiden, the Netherlands [萊登, 荷蘭] |
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| Content type | 專題研究論文=Research Paper |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | Chapter 9 |
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| Abstract | In his writing, Kuiji, (632–682), the foremost disciple of Xuanzang (602–664) interprets the notion of mental perception (mānasa-pratyakṣa) of Dignāga (ca. 480–540) as a function of the mental consciousness that arises simultaneously with a sensory consciousness. For this reason, it is named as “the mental consciousness arising simultaneously together with the five [sensory consciousnesses] (MSF).” To define this as a kind of perception would raise a few issues: Why do we need such a notion? Would it lead to the absurd consequence that even a person born blind can still see? If not, then what is the relation between such consciousness and a simultaneous sensory consciousness? If this qualifies as a kind of perception, then it must be without conceptualization. But what kind of role does it play in cognition as a non-conceptualizing mental perception? Why is it necessary? What is its conscious content? How does the content of a sensory consciousness get transmitted or shared with a MSF? And how do its conscious content and function differ from sensory consciousnesses on the one hand and from conceptualizing mental consciousness on the other? Does it function like a sensus communis so as to accommodate all kinds of sensory content such as visual, auditory and olfactory? This paper seeks to answer the above questions and depict a picture of such cognition based on the works of Kuiji. With this as a clue, we may have a better understanding of Dignāga’s notion of “mental perception.” |
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| ISBN | 9789004440890 (Hardcover) |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004440913_014 |
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| Hits | 275 |
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| Created date | 2022.10.14 |
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| Modified date | 2022.10.17 |
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