This is a book for scholars of Western philosophy who wish to engage with Buddhist philosophy; or who simply want to extend their philosophical horizons. It is also a book for scholars of Buddhist studies who want to see how Buddhist theory articulates with contemporary philosophy. Engaging Buddhism: Why it Matters to Philosophy articulates the basic metaphysical framework common to Buddhist traditions. It then explores questions in metaphysics; the philosophy of mind; phenomenology; epistemology; the philosophy of language and ethics as they are raised and addressed in a variety of Asian Buddhist traditions. In each case the focus is on philosophical problems; in each case the connections between Buddhist and contemporary Western debates are addressed; as are the distinctive contributions that the Buddhist tradition can make to Western discussions. Engaging Buddhism is not an introduction to Buddhist philosophy; but an engagement with it; and an argument for the importance of that engagement. It does not pretend to comprehensiveness; but it does address a wide range of Buddhist traditions; emphasizing the heterogeneity and the richness of those traditions. The book concludes with methodological reflections on how to prosecute dialogue between Buddhist and Western traditions."Garfield has a unique talent for rendering abstruse philosophical concepts in ways that make them easy to grasp. This is an important book; one that can profitably be read by scholars of Western and non-Western philosophy; including specialists in Buddhist philosophy. This is in my estimation the most important work on Buddhist philosophy in recent memory. It covers a wide range of topics and provides perhaps the clearest analysis of some core Buddhist ideas to date. This is landmark work. I think it's the best cross-cultural analysis of the relevance of Buddhist thought for contemporary philosophy in the present literature."-C. John Powers; Professor; School of Culture; History Language; Australian National University
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Small world!By Carol Craig CowanThere is a chapter in this interesting book about my half-brother; Sam Deal. The author assumed he was leaving the Navy and headed to Texas;with a trunkload of explosives; to be with family. Surprise! He had another mission; Naval Intelligence. Read my book; "Miz Bambo" for more information about "Sammy."Carol Craig Cowan-Lanyon1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Korea Remembered. Enough of WarBy B. ShawI served on the USS McKean DD 784 and we were in the sameDestroyer Division 112 as the USS Ozbourn. Our ship and theother three ships in the Division saw most of the same dutyareas. It is great to read about events that I had forgottenafter all these years. As an elisted man on the McKean we didnot have all the information that the officers had about currentevents at that time. We picked up scuttlebutt and some information while serving on the bridge at different times.Typhoon Clara is well described and that was a storm that none of us have forgotten.I have recommended the book to many of my shipmates that servedon the McKean during our tour of duty in Korean waters in 1950-1951. Thank you for the memories and all the dates that I hadforgotten.Richard ShawFT3USN 1949-533 of 3 people found the following review helpful. The Drudgery of WarBy A CustomerEnough of a War is a fact filled account of life on a destroyer during the first six months of the Korean War. Cole gives all the monotonous details of standing four on four off watches; shipboard life in rough seas; support of aircraft carrier operations; and naval gunfire missions. There is no glamour and little glory in this tale. It is a straight forward rendering of the work involved in life at sea with the fact of a war being on giving a heightened sense of urgency. Students of naval history and readers concerned with the everyday aspects of history will enjoy this honest account of action in Korea.
