SELF Naturalism, Consciousness, and the First-Person Stance

Western-trained philosophers looking for answers to the puzzling questions the various properties of the self ... will find a thorough and sophisticated discussion that at the same time introduces them to a stunning set of intellectual gems from India's philosophical history ... scholars working on Ancient Indian materials dealing with the relation of body, mind, and self ... will find new insights into ways of thinking about the Ancient Indian discussion and the interrelation between various philosophical traditions on almost every page. The ease with which Ganeri manages to keep both audiences on board ... is nothing less than astonishing. Jan Westerhoff, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews one of the key aims of the comparative philosophical enterprise is to think about familiar problems in a new light, and this aim is admirably fulfilled by Ganeri's book... It is no exaggeration to say that this book marks the beginning of a completely new phase in the study of Indian philosophy, one in which a firm grasp of the historical material forms the basis for going beyond pure exegesis, opening up the way for doing philosophy with ancient sources. Jan Westerhoff, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews