Siderits, M.
English Phonetics | Mark Siderits |
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- Primary Affiliation (Workplace)
- Seoul National University (retired 2012)
- Secondary Affiliation
- Illinois State University
Biographical Information
Mark Siderits was trained in Asian and Western philosophy at the University of Hawaii and Yale University. He has taught both Asian and Western philosophy, for many years at Illinois State University, and most recently as Professor of philosophy at Seoul National University, from which he retired in 2012. He is the author or editor of five books and has published numerous articles on a wide variety of subjects in Indian Buddhist philosophy and comparative philosophy. Much of his work aims at building bridges between the classical Indian tradition and contemporary philosophy, by using insights from one tradition to cast light on problems arising in the other. (Source: Wisdom Experience)
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All beings have Buddha-nature | |
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Which Wheel Turning | |
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Yogācāra vs Madhyamaka | |
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Zhentong vs Rangtong | |
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Promotes how many vehicles? | |
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Analytic vs Meditative Tradition | |
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What is Buddha-nature? | |
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Svātantrika (རང་རྒྱུད་) vs Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་པ་) | |
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Causal nature of the vajrapāda | |
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Full Name[edit]
Mark Siderits
Affiliation[edit]
Illinois State University (Retired, May 2008)
Education[edit]
Other Information[edit]
Mark Siderits is a student of Buddhist and classical Indian philosophy. His research explores the possibility that contemporary analytic philosophy might have something to learn from the Sanskrit philosophical tradition.
Website: http://www.philosophy.ilstu.edu/faculty/CV_Siderits_Nov_2008.pdf
Contact Information:
email Address:
msideri@ilstu.edu