JOEL FELDMAN STEPHEN PHILLIPS : RATNAKĪRTI’S PROOF OF MOMENTARINESS

RATNAKĪRTI’S PROOF OF MOMENTARINESS BY POSITIVE CORRELATION (KṢAṆABHAṆGASIDDHI ANVAYĀTMIKĀ) Transliteration, Translation, and Philosophic Commentary  JOEL FELDMAN STEPHEN PHILLIPS

The Kṣaṇabhaṇgasiddhi is a masterpiece of skillful reasoning by the eleventh-century Indian Buddhist philosopher Ratnakīrti. This renowned scholar taught at the great Buddhist University of Vikramaśīla and was a master of almost every classical philosophical school that preceded him.

The present work is informed by centuries of debate between Buddhist advocates of momentariness and archrival Nyāya philosophers who believed that both selves and things endure.

This book is the first published translation of Ratnakīrti’s proof based on positive correlations, and includes a commentary explaining each step of his reasoning.

• Hardcover
• 208 pages, 6.5 x 9.25 inches
• ISBN 9781935011064

Joel Feldman is an associate professor of philosophy at Rider University.

Stephen Phillips is professor emeritus of philosophy and Asian studies at the University of Texas at Austin.