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a philosophy of emptiness A Philosophy of Emptiness Gay Watson reaktion books Published by Reaktion Books Ltd 33 Great Sutton Street Londonec1v 0dx, uk www.reaktionbooks.co.uk First published 2014 Copyright © Gay Watson 2014 All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publishers Printed and bound in Great Britain by Bell & Bain, Glasgow A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library isbn978 1 78023 285 0 Contents Introduction 9 one: Experience 19 two: The Buddhist Philosophy of Sunyata 31 three: Following the Tao 50 four: Moving Westwards 61 five: Philosophic Modernity 74 six: Scientific Indeterminism 97 seven: Artistic Emptiness 122 eight: Empty Conclusions 166 References 185 Bibliography 199 Acknowledgements 205 And the emptiness turns its face to us and whispers, ‘I am not empty, I am open.’ Thomas Tranströmer, Vermeer
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