Mark Siderits

American philosopher specializing in Buddhist philosophy and cross-cultural philosophy, known for analytic work on Madhyamaka and personal identity; author of Buddhism as Philosophy and Personal Identity and Buddhist Philosophy, and co-translator of Nagarjuna’s Middle Way.

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  1. 1. Apoha: Buddhist Nominalism And Human Cognition

    Buddhist Nominalism and Human Cognition
    Cover of 'Apoha: Buddhist Nominalism And Human Cognition' by Mark Siderits, Tom Tillemans, Arindam Chakrabarti

    An interdisciplinary exploration of the Buddhist theory of apoha (exclusion), arguing that concepts and word meanings arise by differentiating what something is not rather than by invoking real universals. Bringing together historical analysis and analytic reconstruction of classical arguments, it examines how categorization, reference, and inference can function without universals, addresses objections such as circularity and regress, and connects these nominalist insights to contemporary debates in semantics, cognition, and philosophy of language.

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