#165 Buddhist Emptiness Explained - Jan Westerhoff

<p>Get all sides of every story and be better informed at <a href="https://ground.news/AlexOC" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://ground.news/AlexOC</a> - subscribe for 40% off unlimited access.Come to my North American tour this November: <a href="https://www.alexoconnor.com/p/tour" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.alexoconnor.com/p/tour</a>.Jan Westerhoff is a German philosopher and orientalist with specific interests in metaphysics and the philosophy of language. He is currently Professor of Buddhist Philosophy in the Faculty of Theology and Religion of the University of Oxford.Get Jan Westerhoff&#39;s books <a href="https://amzn.to/4xxtY27" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">here</a>.<strong>TIMESTAMPS:</strong>0:00 Nāgārjuna, The “Second Buddha”6:03 The Middle Way9:16 Ontological Nihilism20:00 Are Madhyamaka Buddhists Nihilists?38:56 How Emptiness Escapes Causal Arguments for God45:40 Preempting Immanuel Kant?50:37 Emptiness1:10:07 How to Escape Suffering1:16:54 Visualising Emptiness1:20:30 Is Consciousness Empty?1:34:28 Reality Without Substance<strong>CONNECT:</strong>My Website: https://www.alexoconnor.com</p><p>Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/cosmicskepticFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/cosmicskepticInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/cosmicskepticTikTok: @CosmicSkepticThe Within Reason Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/16wUbvDT95dxzpG2KEhakK?si=3196e07690bb489d<strong>CONTACT:</strong>Business email: contact@alexoconnor.comBrand enquiries: David@modernstoa.co</p>