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1、EARLYBUDDHISTMETAPHYSICSThisbookprovidesaphilosophicalaccountofthemajordoctrinalshiftinthehistoryofearlyTheravadatraditioninIndia:thetransitionfromtheearlieststratumofBuddhistthoughttothesystematicandallegedlyscholasticphilosophyofthePaliAbhidhammamo

2、vement.ConceptualinvestigationintothedevelopmentofBuddhistideasispursued,thusrenderingtheBuddha’sphilosophicalpositionmoreexplicitandshowinghowandwhyhissuccessorschangedit.EntwiningcomparativephilosophyandBuddhology,theauthorprobestheAbhidhamma’sshif

3、tfromanepistemologicallyorientedconceptualschemetoametaphysicalworldviewthatisbasedontheconceptofdhamma.ShedoessointermsoftheAristoteliantraditionandvis-à-vismodernphilosophy,exploitingWesternphilo-sophicalliteraturefromPlatotocontemporarytextsinthef

4、ieldsofphilosophyofmindandculturalcriticism.ThisbooknotonlydemonstratesthataphilosophicalinquiryintotheconceptualfoundationsofearlyBuddhismcanenhanceourunderstandingofwhatphilosophyandreligionarequathoughtandreligion;italsoshowsthevalueoffreshperspec

5、tivesfortraditionalBuddhology.CombiningphilosophicallyrigorousinvestigationandBuddhologicalresearchcriteria,EarlyBuddhistMetaphysicsfillsasignificantgapinBuddhistscholar-ship’streatmentoftheconceptualdevelopmentoftheAbhidhamma.NoaRonkinreceivedherPhD

6、fromtheUniversityofOxford.SheiscurrentlyalecturerintheIntroductiontotheHumanitiesProgrammeandaResearchFellowattheCenterforBuddhistStudies,StanfordUniversity.HerresearchinterestsincludearangeofissuesassociatedwithIndianTheravadaBuddhistphilosophyandps

7、ychology,theAbhidhammatraditionandcomparativeIndianphilosophy.ROUTLEDGECURZONCRITICALSTUDIESINBUDDHISMGeneralEditors:CharlesS.PrebishandDamienKeownRoutledgeCurzonCriticalStudiesinBuddhismisacomprehensivestudyoftheBuddhisttradition.Theseriesexploresth

8、iscomplexandextensivetraditionfromavarietyofper-spectives,usingarangeofdifferentmethodologies.Theseriesisdiverseinitsfocus,includinghistoricalstudies,textualtranslationsandcommentaries,sociologicalinvestigations,bibliographicstudies,andconsiderations