Hindu and Buddhist Ideas in Dialogue

Dr. Kuznetsova, Lancaster University, UK; Prof. Ganeri, University of Sussex, UK; Prof. Ram-Prasad, Lancaster University, UK.

Contents: Introduction, Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad; Senses of self and not self in the Upanisads and Nikayas, Brian Black; Why didn't Siddhartha Gautama become a Samkhya philosopher, after all?, Marzenna Jakubczak; Self, consciousness and liberation in classical Samkhya, Mikel Burley; Buddhist no-self: an analysis and critique, Jonardon Ganeri; Emotions: a challenge to no-self views, Irina Kuznetsova; Uddyotakara's defence of a self, John Taber; The abode of recognition: memory and the continuity of selfhood in classical Nyaya thought, Douglas L. Berger; Self and memory: personal identity and unified consciousness in comparative perspective, Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad; Action, desire and subjectivity in Prabhakara Mimamsa, Elisa Freschi; On the Adviatic identification of self and consciousness, Wolfgang Fasching; Luminosity, subjectivity, and temporality: an examination of Buddhist and Advaita views of consciousness, Matthew MacKenzie; Arguing from synthesis to the self: Utpaladeva and Abhinavagupta respond to Buddhist no-selfism, Arindam Chakrabarti; Indian philosophy and the question of the self, Ankur Barua; Bibliography; Index.