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Non-Existent Objects and their Properties in Udayana's Ātmatattvaviveka
- Philosophy East and West
- University of Hawai'i Press
- Volume 68, Number 3, July 2018
- pp. 762-782
- 10.1353/pew.2018.0072
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Abstract:
This article offers a close reading of a portion of the first chapter of the Ātmatattvaviveka, examining how Udayana treats the problem of thought and talk about non-existent objects, insofar as that problem relates to his critique of the Buddhist thesis of universal momentariness. I argue that, because the text is primarily about momentariness and concerns non-existent objects only indirectly, Udayana, unlike his Buddhist opponent, is able to offer a coherent and successful position.