Event Detail
Fri Sep 20, 2019 Toll Room, Alumni House 10 AM–7 PM |
Conference Buddhist Philosophy: The State of the Field |
Chairs
Robert Sharf (University of California, Berkeley)
Shōryū Katsura (BDK America)
Speakers
Jay Garfield (Smith College)
Knowing Illusion: Studying Geluk-Sakya/Kagyu Polemics following Takstang’s ‘18
Great Contradictions in the Thought of Tsongkhapa
Lin Chen-kuo (National Chenchi University)
When Chan Meets the Logicians: Miyun Yuanwu’s (1566-1642) Response in the
Debate on No-Motion
Daniel A. Arnold (University of Chicago)
Location, Location, Location! THoughts on the Philosophical Implications of a
Locative Absolute
Jan Westerhoff (University of Oxford)
How to Balance Philology and Philosophy in the Study of Madhyamaka
Catherine Prueitt (George Mason University)
Salience, Attention, and Exclusion
Parimal Patil (Harvard University)
Why Buddhists Argue
Jonathan Gold (Princeton University)
What Use is Buddhist Philosophy? Constructing the Path for Academia
Event Contact: buddhiststudies@berkeley.edu