Jan Christoph Westerhoff est un philosophe et orientaliste dont l'œuvre explore la métaphysique et la philosophie du langage. Ses recherches plongent dans les complexités de la pensée et de l'expression, avec un accent particulier sur la philosophie indo-tibétaine. Westerhoff aborde également l'histoire des idées aux XVIe et XVIIe siècles, reliant l'enquête philosophique au contexte historique. Son approche se distingue par une connaissance approfondie et une analyse précise, offrant aux lecteurs une exploration captivante des questions philosophiques fondamentales.
Jan Westerhoff unfolds the story of one of the richest episodes in the history of Indian thought, the development of Buddhist philosophy during the first millennium CE. He aims to offer the reader a systematic grasp of key Buddhist concepts such as non-self, suffering, reincarnation, karma, and nirvana.
'What is real?' has been one of the key questions of philosophy since its beginning in antiquity. But it is not just a question that philosophers ask. This Very Short Introduction discusses what reality is by looking at a variety of arguments, theories, and thought-experiments from philosophy, physics, and cognitive science.
This Oxford Guide is designed for the philosophically interested student or scholar reading Candrakirti's Introduction to the Middle Way, a key text in the Buddhist philosophical tradition. Jan Westerhoff's commentary focuses on the philosophical content of the text, using Candrakirti's auto-commentary as the main explicatory resource.