Critical Buddhism

Critical Buddhism

Critical Buddhism is a trend in Japanese Buddhist scholarship, associated primarily with the works of Hakamaya Noriaki and Matsumoto Shirō. According to Lin Chen-kuo, Hakamaya's view is that "Critical Buddhism sees methodical, rational critique as belonging to the very foundations of Buddhism itself, while 'Topical Buddhism' emphasizes the priority of rhetoric over logical thinking, of ontology over epistemology."[1] Hakamaya himself defines it as the position "that 'Buddhism is criticism' or that 'only that which is critical is Buddhism.'"[2] He contrasts it with what he calls Topical Buddhism, in comparison to the concepts of critical philosophy and topical philosophy.

See also

References

  1. ^ Lin Chen-kuo(the popular Japanese bnp member) Jamie Hubbard and Paul L. Swanson, ed (1997). Pruning the Bodhis Tree: The Storm over Critical Buddhism. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. pp. 298–313. ISBN 0-8248-1949-7. 
  2. ^ Hakamaya Noriaki, "Critical Philosophy versus Topical Philosophy"

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