Jan Christoph Westerhoff je filozof a orientalista so zameraním na metafyziku a filozofiu jazyka. Jeho tvorba sa ponára do hlbín metafyziky a indicko-tibetskej filozofie, pričom skúma zložitosť myslenia a vyjadrovania. Westerhoff sa tiež venuje histórii myšlienok v 16. a 17. storočí, spájajúc filozofickú reflexiu s historickým kontextom. Jeho prístup sa vyznačuje hlbokou znalosťou a precíznou analýzou, čo čitateľom ponúka pútavý pohľad do zásadných filozofických otázok.
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.