“YOU AND I DO NOT ‘SHARE’ THE SAME CONSCIOUSNESS”: APPLYING A NOMINALIST BUDDHIST SEMANTIC PERSPECTIVE TO THE GENERAL EXPRESSION “CONSCIOUSNESS”

It is recognized that Buddhadharma schools are markedly ontologically, epistemologically, and semantically nominalist. Regardless of that, when it comes to the use of the term “consciousness”, there is still a tendency in some Western circles to understand Buddhism in a solipsist or monist way. To...

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Main Author: Paulo Júnio de Oliveira
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Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) 2022-08-01
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Online Access:https://revistas.marilia.unesp.br/index.php/kinesis/article/view/13598
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description It is recognized that Buddhadharma schools are markedly ontologically, epistemologically, and semantically nominalist. Regardless of that, when it comes to the use of the term “consciousness”, there is still a tendency in some Western circles to understand Buddhism in a solipsist or monist way. To this purpose, I argue that the general expression “consciousness” from Buddhadharma texts must be understood according to traditional nominalist Buddhist semantics and theory of entities. In the end, I briefly mention some arguments and viewpoints – defending the plurality/diversity of consciousness – of some Buddhist Dzogchen scholars and masters.
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spelling doaj-art-a9327fa4b6ee4cce853b8f1d9e8d68492024-12-23T13:32:55ZporUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)Kínesis1984-89002022-08-01143610.36311/1984-8900.2022.v14n36.p395-417“YOU AND I DO NOT ‘SHARE’ THE SAME CONSCIOUSNESS”: APPLYING A NOMINALIST BUDDHIST SEMANTIC PERSPECTIVE TO THE GENERAL EXPRESSION “CONSCIOUSNESS” Paulo Júnio de Oliveira0Doutor em Filosofia na Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG) It is recognized that Buddhadharma schools are markedly ontologically, epistemologically, and semantically nominalist. Regardless of that, when it comes to the use of the term “consciousness”, there is still a tendency in some Western circles to understand Buddhism in a solipsist or monist way. To this purpose, I argue that the general expression “consciousness” from Buddhadharma texts must be understood according to traditional nominalist Buddhist semantics and theory of entities. In the end, I briefly mention some arguments and viewpoints – defending the plurality/diversity of consciousness – of some Buddhist Dzogchen scholars and masters. https://revistas.marilia.unesp.br/index.php/kinesis/article/view/13598Buddhist philosophyExclusion/disregard (apoha) semanticsGeneral expressionsNominalist Buddhist semanticsIndividual’s own consciousness
spellingShingle Paulo Júnio de Oliveira
“YOU AND I DO NOT ‘SHARE’ THE SAME CONSCIOUSNESS”: APPLYING A NOMINALIST BUDDHIST SEMANTIC PERSPECTIVE TO THE GENERAL EXPRESSION “CONSCIOUSNESS”
Kínesis
Buddhist philosophy
Exclusion/disregard (apoha) semantics
General expressions
Nominalist Buddhist semantics
Individual’s own consciousness
title “YOU AND I DO NOT ‘SHARE’ THE SAME CONSCIOUSNESS”: APPLYING A NOMINALIST BUDDHIST SEMANTIC PERSPECTIVE TO THE GENERAL EXPRESSION “CONSCIOUSNESS”
title_full “YOU AND I DO NOT ‘SHARE’ THE SAME CONSCIOUSNESS”: APPLYING A NOMINALIST BUDDHIST SEMANTIC PERSPECTIVE TO THE GENERAL EXPRESSION “CONSCIOUSNESS”
title_fullStr “YOU AND I DO NOT ‘SHARE’ THE SAME CONSCIOUSNESS”: APPLYING A NOMINALIST BUDDHIST SEMANTIC PERSPECTIVE TO THE GENERAL EXPRESSION “CONSCIOUSNESS”
title_full_unstemmed “YOU AND I DO NOT ‘SHARE’ THE SAME CONSCIOUSNESS”: APPLYING A NOMINALIST BUDDHIST SEMANTIC PERSPECTIVE TO THE GENERAL EXPRESSION “CONSCIOUSNESS”
title_short “YOU AND I DO NOT ‘SHARE’ THE SAME CONSCIOUSNESS”: APPLYING A NOMINALIST BUDDHIST SEMANTIC PERSPECTIVE TO THE GENERAL EXPRESSION “CONSCIOUSNESS”
title_sort you and i do not share the same consciousness applying a nominalist buddhist semantic perspective to the general expression consciousness
topic Buddhist philosophy
Exclusion/disregard (apoha) semantics
General expressions
Nominalist Buddhist semantics
Individual’s own consciousness
url https://revistas.marilia.unesp.br/index.php/kinesis/article/view/13598
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