Ebook: Buddhism as philosophy: an introduction

'Buddhism as Philosophy' does more than just report what Buddhist philosophers said: it presents their arguments and invites the reader to assess their overall cogency.;1. Buddhism as philosophy? -- 2. Early Buddhism : basic teachings -- 3. Non-self : empty persons -- 4. Buddhist ethics -- 5. A Nyāya interlude -- 6. Abhidharma : the metaphysics of empty persons -- 7. The rise of Mahāyāna -- 8. Yogācāra : impressions-only and the denial of physical objects -- 9. Madhyamaka : the doctrine of emptiness -- 10. The school of Din̊nāga : Buddhist epistemology.