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Dreyfus, Georges B.J., Recognizing Reality: Dharmakīrti's Philosophy and Its Tibetan Interpretations . (SUNY Series in Buddhist Studies)

Dreyfus, Georges B.J., Recognizing Reality: Dharmakīrti's Philosophy and Its Tibetan... REVIEW ARTICLE Dreyfus, Georges B.J., Recognizing Reality: Dharmak ¯ ırti’s Philosophy and Its Tibetan Interpretations . [SUNY Series in Buddhist Studies.] Albany: State University of New York Press 1997, pp. xxi, 622. ISBN 0-7914-3097-9, 0-7914-3098-7. The book under review is a splendid harvest from the field of the studies of Buddhist logico-epistemological tradition at the end of the twentieth century. The author, Prof. Georges B.J. Dreyfus, is well known for his varied education and career. He studied Buddhist philosophy with Tibetan teachers for fifteen years in Tibetan monasteries in India, where he completed the Ge-shay ( dge shes ) degree. He then started learning Western philosophy and Sanskrit literature in the USA. In 1991, he brought together his broad knowledge and deep philosophical insight successfully in his Ph.D. thesis (“Ontology, Philosophy of Language and Epistemology in Buddhist Tradition”, University of Virginia), on which this book is based. His long and extensive academic training in both Tibetan and Western cultural circles allowed him a critical analysis of his materials. The book deals with the three streams of the Buddhist logico- epistemological tradition: Indian tradition (Dharmak ¯ ırti and his prede- cessors and successors) and two Tibetan lineages, viz . http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Indo-Iranian Journal Brill

Dreyfus, Georges B.J., Recognizing Reality: Dharmakīrti's Philosophy and Its Tibetan Interpretations . (SUNY Series in Buddhist Studies)

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Indo-Iranian Journal , Volume 46 (4): 349 – Jan 1, 2003
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REVIEW ARTICLE Dreyfus, Georges B.J., Recognizing Reality: Dharmak ¯ ırti’s Philosophy and Its Tibetan Interpretations . [SUNY Series in Buddhist Studies.] Albany: State University of New York Press 1997, pp. xxi, 622. ISBN 0-7914-3097-9, 0-7914-3098-7. The book under review is a splendid harvest from the field of the studies of Buddhist logico-epistemological tradition at the end of the twentieth century. The author, Prof. Georges B.J. Dreyfus, is well known for his varied education and career. He studied Buddhist philosophy with Tibetan teachers for fifteen years in Tibetan monasteries in India, where he completed the Ge-shay ( dge shes ) degree. He then started learning Western philosophy and Sanskrit literature in the USA. In 1991, he brought together his broad knowledge and deep philosophical insight successfully in his Ph.D. thesis (“Ontology, Philosophy of Language and Epistemology in Buddhist Tradition”, University of Virginia), on which this book is based. His long and extensive academic training in both Tibetan and Western cultural circles allowed him a critical analysis of his materials. The book deals with the three streams of the Buddhist logico- epistemological tradition: Indian tradition (Dharmak ¯ ırti and his prede- cessors and successors) and two Tibetan lineages, viz .

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