Scholars have long been intrigued by the Buddha's defining action (karma) as intention. This
book explores systematically how intention and agency were interpreted in all genres of …

The first book of its kind, Buddhist Moral Philosophy: An Introduction introduces the reader to
contemporary philosophical interpretations and analyses of Buddhist ethics. It begins with a …

Organised in broadly chronological terms, this book presents the philosophical arguments of
the great Indian Buddhist philosophers of the fifth century BCE to the eighth century CE …

Jay L. Garfield defends two exegetical theses regarding Hume's Treatise on Human Nature.
The first is that Book II is the theoretical foundation of the Treatise. Second, Garfield argues …

While ML generates much economic value, many of us have problematic relationships with
social media and other ML-powered applications. One reason is that ML often optimizes for …

If there is any domain in which Buddhism can contribute significantly to cognitive science—
one in which Buddhist insight is arguably well in advance of contemporary theory in the …

Intro--Title--Contents--Publisher's Acknowledgment--Introduction--Madhyamaka's Promise
as Philosophy--1. Trying to Be Fair--2. How Far Can a Mādhyamika Reform Customary …

But what is the 'will'? We do not come by the idea that we have wills through observation of
ourselves or of others. Try introspecting and finding a will. What does it feel like? Nor is it the …

The motivation behind this important volume is to weave together two distinct, but we think
complementary, traditions–the philosophical engagement with race/whiteness and Buddhist …

In much of Western philosophy, patience tends to be either overlooked or described as
being non-moral and valuable only instrumentally. This is in stark contrast with its central …