@article{ART002077404},
author={Hwang Sul Joong},
title={Pyrrhonism and Buddhism},
journal={PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE},
issn={1975-1621},
year={2016},
number={21},
pages={91-118}
TY - JOUR
AU - Hwang Sul Joong
TI - Pyrrhonism and Buddhism
JO - PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE
PY - 2016
VL - null
IS - 21
PB - Research Institute for East-West Thought
SP - 91
EP - 118
SN - 1975-1621
AB - The aim of this article is to compare ancient Pyrrhonism with Madhyamaka Buddhism. It is well known that Pyrrhonism bears a striking similarity to Madhyamaka. By demonstrating that all concepts are related and dependent on each other, Sextus Empiricus and Nāgārjuna attempt to liberate from all kinds of dogmatic anxiety. Yet they do not establish their own theories. Here I try to clarify the sceptical forms of argument which they employ in common to destroy dogmatic views. While analysing the key texts of Pyrrhonist and Madhyamaka, namely Sextus Empiricus’ Outlines of Pyrrhonism and Nāgārjuna’s The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle way, I reach the conclusion that they shared the same dialectic to attack all sorts of dualistic, substantial ways of thinking. Surprisingly enough, they have the almost same theoretical forms and contents which are hard to find in the Eastern and Western philosophy. Meanwhile, it is noticeable that in a later period Madhyamaka Buddhism went through the developmental process, but Pyrrhonism did not so. In the West Pyrrhonism has always been treated as a philosophical enemy to be overcome necessarily. This fact suggests that it is difficult for the modern western philosophers to accept the teachings of Madhyamaka Buddhism positively.
KW - Nāgārjuna;Madhyamaka Buddhism;the Theory of Dependent Origination;Sextus Empiricus;Pyrrhonism
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Hwang Sul Joong. (2016). Pyrrhonism and Buddhism. PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE, 21, 91-118.
Hwang Sul Joong. 2016, "Pyrrhonism and Buddhism", PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE, no.21, pp.91-118.
Hwang Sul Joong "Pyrrhonism and Buddhism" PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE 21 pp.91-118 (2016) : 91.
Hwang Sul Joong. Pyrrhonism and Buddhism. 2016; 21 : 91-118.
Hwang Sul Joong. "Pyrrhonism and Buddhism" PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE no.21(2016) : 91-118.
Hwang Sul Joong. Pyrrhonism and Buddhism. PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE, 21, 91-118.
Hwang Sul Joong. Pyrrhonism and Buddhism. PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE. 2016; 21 91-118.
Hwang Sul Joong. Pyrrhonism and Buddhism. 2016; 21 : 91-118.
Hwang Sul Joong. "Pyrrhonism and Buddhism" PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE no.21(2016) : 91-118.
