In this article I will try to demonstrate the existence of points in common between eternalist instances Parmenidean philosophy and Buddhist formulations made by some parts Abhidhamma, Nāgārjuna, Sarvāstivādins. These three philosophies have numerous with Emanuele Severino’s from point view what is defined as neo-Parmenidism. The purpose that these systems thought are due a basic affinity which...

仏教は，諸行無常を根本教義のひとつとするが，特にアビダルマの時代になると，無常を時間の最小単位にまで分析し，無常性を成立させる基底として，瞬間的に生じて滅するという刹那滅の概念を生み出した．ただし，刹那滅をどのような仕組みで理解するかは学派によって異なり，例えば，説一切有部は，生・住・異・滅という四つの有為相が実体として働き，一瞬間のあいだにものを生じさせ，とどまらせ，変化させ，消滅させることによって，ものが瞬間的に生滅すると理解する．一方，瑜伽行派の根本典籍『瑜伽師地論』は，「菩薩地」において菩薩の無常観察を扱うなかで，説一切有部と同様に四つの有為相を用いた刹那滅説を展開するが，それら有為相を作用ある実体と見ることを否定する．さらに，先行研究に拠れば，「菩薩地」は，一瞬間目にものが生じ，とどまり，変化し，二瞬間目に消滅する，つまり二瞬間毎の生滅を説いているとされる．ただし，もし「菩...

Abstract There are two different modal logics: the logic T assuming contingency and K = logical determinism. In paper, I show that Aristotelian treatise On Interpretation (???? ?????????, De Interpretatione ) has introduced some modal-logical relationships which correspond to . this logic, it is supposed there contingent events. The N?g?rjunian ??vara-kart?tva-nir?k?ti?-vi??o?-ekakart?tva-nir?k...

this article presents the question whether it is correct to classify günter grass’s the tin drum as a work of magical realism. a brief scrutiny of the elements of magical realism, particularly authorial reticence and concept of hesitation indicates that contrary to the advertisement of certain sources and publishers, this novel in certain circumstances, contradicts and opposes these two indispe...

A Buddhist theory of information comports with the recent notion of information ethics wherein information may be included within skillful means (upāya). Buddhists reject epistemological-ontological dualism: the conceptual and the non-conceptual are not distinct sources of knowledge. The act of cognition and the cognized object are momentary-together. Any category including information as a sub...

This article presents the question whether it is correct to classify Günter Grass’s The Tin Drum as a work of magical realism. A brief scrutiny of the elements of magical realism, particularly Authorial Reticence and concept of Hesitation indicates that contrary to the advertisement of certain sources and publishers, this novel in certain circumstances, contradicts and opposes these two indispe...