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無: Paradox and Emptiness
ID Priest, Graham (Author)

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Abstract
Nothingness is a tantalizing concept. It appears in the thinking of many major philosophers—East and West—where it plays a profound role in their thinking concerning the nature of the world (that is, the beings that constitute it). However, nothingness is implicated in contradiction and paradox right from the start. It is something and, well, nothing. This essay has three themes. The first is the role of nothingness in Mahāyāna Buddhist philosophy. The second is the paradoxical nature of nothingness. The third is a mereological account of the nature of nothingness which does justice to the paradox. Though the themes are distinct, they are interconnected in important ways, as the essay will show.

Language:English
Keywords:Nothing(ness), śūnyata, Buddhism, Nāgārjuna, Nishida, mereology
Work type:Article
Typology:1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:FF - Faculty of Arts
Publication status:Published
Publication version:Version of Record
Publication date:09.05.2025
Number of pages:Str. 13-27
Numbering:Vol. 13, no. 2
PID:20.500.12556/RUL-178262 This link opens in a new window
ISSN:2232-5131
eISSN:2350-4226
DOI:https://doi.org/10.4312/as.2025.13.2.13-27 This link opens in a new window
Publication date in RUL:22.01.2026
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Title:Asian studies
Publisher:Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete, Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete, Založba Univerze v Ljubljani
ISSN:2232-5131
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Language:Slovenian
Title:無: paradoks in praznina
Abstract:
Nič je mamljiv koncept. Pojavlja se v mišljenju mnogih pomembnih filozofinj ter filozofov – tako Vzhoda kot Zahoda – in sicer igra pomembno vlogo v njihovih razmišljanjih o naravi sveta (torej bitij, ki ga sestavljajo). Vendar je nič že od samega začetka vpet v protislovje in paradoks. Je nekaj in hkrati – nič. Ta esej ima tri teme. Prva je vloga niča v budistični filozofiji mahāyāna. Druga je paradoksna narava niča. Tretja tema je mereološki opis narave niča, ki ustrezno prikaže paradoks. Četudi gre za različne teme, so med seboj povezane v pomembnih vidikih, kakor bo razvidno iz eseja.

Keywords:nič, śūnyata, budizem, Nāgārjuna, Nishida, mereologija

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