Article: Buddhist reductionism.

There has been much recent discussion concerning the relation between Parfit's Reductionism and the view of persons to be found in early Buddhism and Abhidharma. Some have claimed that Parfit is wrong to see in the Buddhist position an important anticipation of his own view --since the Buddhist view is not, as he supposes, Reductionist, but rather Eliminativist.(1) Others suggest that while certain of the Abhidharma schools might have held a Reductionist position, early Buddhism may defensibly be interpreted as Non-Reductionist in character.(2) It is something of a cliche among scholars of Buddhist and comparative philosophy that contemporary philosophical discussions ...

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