Imagine Being a Preta: Early Indian Yogācāra Approaches to Intersubjectivity

The paper deals with the early Yogācāra strategies for explaining intersubjective agreement under a ‘mere representations’ view. Examining Vasubandhu, Asaṅga, and Sthiramati’s use of the example of intersubjective agreement among the hungry ghosts (pretas), it is demonstrated that in contrast to the...

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Main Author: Tzohar, Roy (Author)
Contributors: Garfield, Jay L. 1955- (Bibliographic antecedent)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Netherlands [2017]
In: Sophia
Year: 2017, Volume: 56, Issue: 2, Pages: 337-354
RelBib Classification:BL Buddhism
TB Antiquity
TF Early Middle Ages
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Vasubandhu
B Buddhism
B Sthiramati
B Yogācāra
B Cosmology
B Intersubjectivity
B Asaṅga
B Hell
B Personal Identity
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