Jiang Wu, Department of East Asian Studies, The University of Arizona, Tucson
關鍵詞
佛教人物=Buddhist
摘要
A glimpse of the new application of Buddhist logic in the seventeenth century leads us to reflect about our approach to logic in a given religious tradition: Should we isolate a logical system from the very context that has given rise to the genesis and development of such an intellectual apparatus? Methodologically, we do have the legitimate right to approach Buddhist logic from a purely logical point of view. However, when we study the actual use of Buddhist logic in the seventeenth-century anti-Christian polemic, an analysis of its intentional application allows us to conclude that Buddhist logic in the context of controversy is primarily apologetic. Therefore, with a methodological concern, I suggest that philosophers and logicians should reconsider the apologetic nature of logic in any given religious tradition.
目次
I. Introduction 273 II. The Rise of Chan Buddhism and the Spread of Yogac~lra Studies In Seventeenth-century China 274 III. Buddhist Syllogisms from a Logical Point of View 278 IV. Logic and Apologetics in the Buddhist Tradition 284 V. Conclusion 287
