Nāgārjuna’s Arguments on Motion Revisited |
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Authors: | Jan Westerhoff |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Philosophy, Durham University, 50 Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HN, UK |
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Abstract: | This paper discusses a somewhat neglected reading of the second chapter of Nāgārjuna’s
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā, arguing that the main focus of a crucial part is a particular theory of properties and their relation to individuals they
instantiate, rather than the refutation of specific assumptions about the nature of space and time. Some of Nāgārjuna’s key
arguments about motion should be understood as argument templates in which notions other than mover, motion, and so forth
could be substituted.
The remainder of the discussion of motion does not serve quasi-Zenonian purposes either but uses motion as a principal example
of change and considers the soteriological problems of the subject moving (gati) through transmigratory existence (saṃsāra). I attempt to show how this interpretation coheres with Nāgārjuna’s overall philosophical project. |
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Keywords: | Nā gā rjuna Madhyamaka Mā dhyamika Time Space Motion Change |
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