Philosopher

Jay L. Garfield

Overview

Jay Lazar Garfield (born 13 November 1955) is an American professor of philosophy who specializes in Tibetan Buddhism. He also specializes on the philosophy of mind, cognitive science, epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of language, ethics, and hermeneutics. He is currently the Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy, Logic and Buddhist Studies at Smith College, professor of philosophy at the University of Melbourne, visiting professor of philosophy and Buddhist studies at Harvard Divinity School, and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at the Central University of Tibetan Studies.

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Philosophers who discussed Jay L. Garfield

• Je Tsongkhapa
• Gorampa
• Nagarjuna
• Keith Frankish

Ideas Jay L. Garfield discusses

• Harvard Divinity School
• Princeton University Press
• Philosophy East and West
• Metaphysics
• 14th Dalai Lama
• Nagarjuna
• University of Pittsburgh
• The New York Times
• Tibetan Buddhism
• University of Pennsylvania
• Wilfrid Sellars
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Cognitive science
• Philosophy of language
• Philosophy of mind
• Hermeneutics
• Epistemology
• Sophia (journal)

Place in the tradition

Part of Buddhist philosophy.

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