Buddhist Illogic

Buddhist Illogic PDF Author: Avi Sion
Publisher: Avi Sion
ISBN: 2970009145
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 218

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Book Description
The 2nd Century CE Indian philosopher Nagarjuna founded the Madhyamika (Middle Way) school of Mahayana Buddhism, which strongly influenced Chinese, Korean and Japanese Buddhism, as well as Tibetan Buddhism. His writings include a series of arguments purporting to show the illogic of logic, the absurdity of reason. He considers this the way to verbalize and justify the Buddhist doctrine of “emptiness” (Shunyata). The present essay demonstrates the many sophistries involved in Nagarjuna’s arguments.

Buddhist Illogic

Buddhist Illogic PDF Author: Avi Sion
Publisher: Avi Sion
ISBN: 2970009145
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 218

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Book Description
The 2nd Century CE Indian philosopher Nagarjuna founded the Madhyamika (Middle Way) school of Mahayana Buddhism, which strongly influenced Chinese, Korean and Japanese Buddhism, as well as Tibetan Buddhism. His writings include a series of arguments purporting to show the illogic of logic, the absurdity of reason. He considers this the way to verbalize and justify the Buddhist doctrine of “emptiness” (Shunyata). The present essay demonstrates the many sophistries involved in Nagarjuna’s arguments.

Logical Criticism of Buddhist Doctrines

Logical Criticism of Buddhist Doctrines PDF Author: Avi Sion
Publisher: Avi Sion
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 348

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Book Description
Logical Criticism of Buddhist Doctrines is a ‘thematic compilation’ by Avi Sion. It collects in one volume the essays that he has written on this subject over a period of some 15 years after the publication of his first book on Buddhism, Buddhist Illogic. It comprises expositions and empirical and logical critiques of many (though not all) Buddhist doctrines, such as impermanence, interdependence, emptiness, the denial of self or soul. It includes his most recent essay, regarding the five skandhas doctrine.

Logical and Spiritual Reflections

Logical and Spiritual Reflections PDF Author: Avi Sion
Publisher: Avi Sion
ISBN: 2970009196
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 404

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Logical and Spiritual Reflections is a collection of six shorter philosophical works, including: Hume’s Problems with Induction; A Short Critique of Kant’s Unreason; In Defense of Aristotle’s Laws of Thought; More Meditations; Zen Judaism; No to Sodom.

Guide to Avi Sion Works

Guide to Avi Sion Works PDF Author: Avi Sion
Publisher: Avi Sion
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 23

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It is very difficult to briefly summarize Avi Sion’s philosophy, because it is so wide-ranging. He has labeled it ‘Logical Philosophy’, because it is firmly grounded in formal logic, inductive as well as deductive. This original philosophy is dedicated to demonstrating the efficacy of human reason by detailing its actual means; and to show that the skepticism which has been increasingly fashionable and destructive since the Enlightenment was (contrary to appearances) quite illogical – the product of ignorant, incompetent and dishonest thinking. This guide contains a list of his 27 published books, showing their chronology and interrelationships. This is followed by a collection of the abstracts of these books, summarizing their main contents. Also found here are links to all websites, where his books can be freely read. Hopefully, this guide will make it easier for readers to find what interests them the most, in view of the sheer volume of it all.

Logical Philosophy

Logical Philosophy PDF Author: Avi Sion
Publisher: Avi Sion
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 547

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Book Description
Logical Philosophy: A Compendium brings together five works by Avi Sion published in 2002-06, namely: Phenomenology (2003), Volition and Allied Causal Concepts (2004), Meditations (2006), Ruminations (2005), and Buddhist Illogic (2002). These works together define what may be termed ‘Logical Philosophy’, i.e. philosophical discourse distinguished by its steadfast reliance on inductive and deductive logic to resolve epistemological and ontological issues.

The Self

The Self PDF Author: Avi Sion
Publisher: Avi Sion
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 292

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Book Description
The Self is an inquiry into the concepts of self, soul, person, ego, consciousness, psyche and mind – ranging over phenomenology, logic, epistemology, ontology, psychology, spirituality, meditation, ethics and metaphysics. This book is a thematic compilation drawn from past works by the author. The present, expanded edition includes an essay written in 2016 on the Buddhist five skandhas doctrine.

Phenomenology

Phenomenology PDF Author: Avi Sion
Publisher: Avi Sion
ISBN: 2970009153
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 426

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Phenomenology is the study of appearance as such. It is a branch of both Ontology and Epistemology, since appearing is being known. By an ‘appearance’ is meant any existent which impinges on consciousness, anything cognized, irrespective of any judgment as to whether it be ‘real’ or ‘illusory.’ The evaluation of a particular appearance as a reality or an illusion is a complex process, involving inductive and deductive logical principles and activities. Opinion has to earn the status of strict knowledge.

Paradoxes and Their Resolutions

Paradoxes and Their Resolutions PDF Author: Avi Sion
Publisher: Avi Sion
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 270

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Book Description
Paradoxes and their Resolutions is Avi Sion’s latest ‘thematic compilation’. It collects in one volume the essays that he has written in the past (over a period of some 27 years) on this subject. It comprises expositions and resolutions of many (though not all) ancient and modern paradoxes, including: the Protagoras-Euathlus paradox (Athens, 5th Cent. BCE), the Liar paradox and the Sorites paradox (both attributed to Eubulides of Miletus, 4th Cent. BCE), Russell’s paradox (UK, 1901) and its derivatives the Barber paradox and the Master Catalogue paradox (also by Russell), Grelling’s paradox (Germany, 1908), Hempel's paradox of confirmation (USA, 1940s), and Goodman’s paradox of prediction (USA, 1955). This volume also presents and comments on some of the antinomic discourse found in some Buddhist texts (namely, in Nagarjuna, India, 2nd Cent. CE; and in the Diamond Sutra, date unknown, but probably in an early century CE).

In Defense of Aristotle's Laws of Thought

In Defense of Aristotle's Laws of Thought PDF Author: Avi Sion
Publisher: Avi Sion
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 187

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Book Description
In Defense of Aristotle’s Laws of Thought addresses, from a phenomenological standpoint, numerous modern and Buddhist objections and misconceptions regarding the basic principles of Aristotelian logic.

More Meditations

More Meditations PDF Author: Avi Sion
Publisher: Avi Sion
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 145

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Book Description
More Meditations is a sequel to the author’s earlier work, Meditations. It proposes additional practical methods and theoretical insights relating to meditation and Buddhism. It also discusses certain often glossed over issues relating to Buddhism – notably, historicity, idolatry, messianism, importation to the West.