For the Mādhyamika, one may assume that the dialectical and contemplative approaches to the realisation of emptiness are a happy union. A clear and defendable presentation of reality and the epistemic tools required for its realisation, it is often argued, will aid meditative training. This paper examines Tsongkhapa (1357-1419) and Mipham…[Read more]

Indian and Tibetan epistemologists have spent millennia grappling with the central philosophical questions of relativism and intersubjectivity. This talk will present my ongoing DPhil research that attempts to map a philosophical history of the discussion, by focussing on a specific Buddhist example that problematises perceptual relativism. This…[Read more]

Dignāga and Dharmakīrti’s logico-epistemological tradition profoundly shaped Tibetan scholasticism. Examining two prominent figures, rGyal tshab rje (1364-1432) and ‘Mi pham rgya mtsho (1846-1912), this study reveals how they appropriated and interpreted three of Dharmakīrti’s key concepts, found in his Pramāṇavāttika and Pramāṇ…[Read more]