What do we mean by "I"? presented by Professor Mauri

March 13, 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Mānoa Campus, Sakamaki C-308

When we say, 芒鈧揑 am fat,芒鈧 the 芒鈧揑芒鈧 seems to denote the physical body. What do we mean by 芒鈧揑,芒鈧 then, when we say, 芒鈧揑 know芒鈧? Does it also refer to the same physical entity or possibly to something different? Questions like these were seriously discussed among various schools of Indian philosophy in close connection with the existence of 芒鈧渟oul芒鈧劉 or some other permanent subjective principle (atman in Sanskrit). This lecture introduces lively debates concerning such issues that were developed by materialists, Buddhist advocates of impermanence and non-self, Nyaya and other orthodox 芒鈧渟oul芒鈧劉-supporting philosophers. Special attention will be paid to reports deriving from Jayanta, a poet and philosopher who flourished in the latter half of the 9th century in Kashmir.


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