Jan Christoph Westerhoff es un filósofo y orientalista cuyo trabajo profundiza en la metafísica y la filosofía del lenguaje. Su investigación explora las complejidades del pensamiento y la expresión, con un enfoque particular en la filosofía indotibetana. Westerhoff también se adentra en la historia de las ideas durante los siglos XVI y XVII, conectando la indagación filosófica con el contexto histórico. Su enfoque se caracteriza por un profundo conocimiento y un análisis preciso, ofreciendo a los lectores una exploración cautivadora de cuestiones filosóficas fundamentales.
Jan Westerhoff unfolds the story of one of the richest episodes in the history of Indian thought, the development of Buddhist philosophy during the first millennium CE. He aims to offer the reader a systematic grasp of key Buddhist concepts such as non-self, suffering, reincarnation, karma, and nirvana.
'What is real?' has been one of the key questions of philosophy since its beginning in antiquity. But it is not just a question that philosophers ask. This Very Short Introduction discusses what reality is by looking at a variety of arguments, theories, and thought-experiments from philosophy, physics, and cognitive science.
This Oxford Guide is designed for the philosophically interested student or scholar reading Candrakirti's Introduction to the Middle Way, a key text in the Buddhist philosophical tradition. Jan Westerhoff's commentary focuses on the philosophical content of the text, using Candrakirti's auto-commentary as the main explicatory resource.