Graham Priest, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, City University of New York

Graham Priest explores the development of Buddhist metaphysics, which is viewed through the lens of the catu¿köi. In its earliest and simplest form this is a logical/metaphysical principle which says that every claim is true, false, both, or neither; but Priest shows how the principle itself evolves as the metaphysics develops.

• Before the Beginning


• Preface


• Part I: Early India


• 1: General Background


• 2: Quintum Non Datur


• 3: Well-Founded Metaphysics


• Part II: Later India


• 4: Emptiness


• 5: The Fifth Corner


• 6: Paradox and Ineffability


• Part III: East Asia


• 7: And So On


• 8: The Golden Lion


• 9: Enlightenment


• After the End


• 10: A Methodological Coda


• Sino-Japanese Glossary


• Bibliography


• Index of Names


• General Index