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The Buddhist Empiricism Thesis
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 October 2008
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In what follows I argue for two interrelated theses: (1) that early Buddhism is not a form of empiricism, and (2) that consequently there is no basis for an early Buddhist apologetic which contrasts an empirical early Buddhism with either a metaphysical Hinduism on the one hand, or with a baseless Christianity on the other.
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page 151 note 1 Jayatilleke, K. N., Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge (London: Allen and Unwin, 1964), pp. 463–4.Google Scholar
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page 154 note 3 I argue this in chapters 2 and 5 of ‘Rationality and Mind in Early Buddhism’ (unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, University of London, King's College, 1981).
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page 156 note 1 Even Ch'an (Zen) Buddhists, who sometimes emphasize that attachment to the Triple Jewel is nevertheless attachment and are capable of making irreverent comments about the Triple Jewel, are single-mindedly devoted to the Buddhist path as they see it.
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