The root delusion enshrined in common sense and language

Author: Levi D.

Source: Asian Philosophy, Volume 14, Number 1, March 2004 , pp. 3-23(21)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

This paper is a critique of certain arguments given by the Milindapanha and Jay Garfield for the conventional nature of reality or existence. These arguments are of interest in their own right. They also are significant if they are presumed to attack an obstacle we all face in achieving non-attachment, namely, our belief in the inherent or substantial existence of ourselves and the familiar objects of our world. The arguments turn on a distinction between these objects, and some other way of conceiving of them, in terms of which their conventional existence becomes apparent. After the distinction and the arguments that depend on it are shown to be problematic, the paper concludes with some reflections on the doctrine of skillful means and its applicability to Buddhist philosophical argument.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1080/0955236042000190455

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