Buddhism As Philosophy by Mark Siderits

An Introduction

A clear, concise presentation of key Buddhist doctrines reframed as philosophical theories: it explains and analyzes no-self, dependent origination, emptiness, and related metaphysical claims, reconstructing Buddhist arguments about personal identity, perception, and causation in analytic terms; it also addresses ethical implications, rebirth, and the goal of liberation, assesses responses to skepticism and metaphysical realism, and argues that Buddhist positions can be coherently understood and critically evaluated alongside Western philosophical approaches.