Jan Christoph Westerhoff je filozof a orientalista se zájmem o metafyziku a filozofii jazyka. Jeho práce se ponořuje do hlubin metafyziky a indo-tibetské filozofie, zkoumá složitosti myšlení a vyjadřování. Westerhoff se také zabývá historií myšlenek v 16. a 17. století, propojuje filozofickou reflexi s historickým kontextem. Jeho přístup je charakterizován hlubokou znalostí a precizní analýzou, což čtenářům nabízí poutavý vhled do zásadních filozofických otázek.
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.