How to Do Things with Natures: A Madhyamaka Approach to Arguments and Appearances
As Mādhyamikas, the eighth-century Buddhist philosophers Śāntarakṣita and Kamalaśīla are committed to the doctrine of naturelessness (niḥsvabhāvatā) according to which natures (svabhāva) are held to be ultimately unreal. Yet their extensive epistemological tracts depend heavily on reasoning rooted i...
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