PHI 2389 Lecture 9: oct 15 2015 lecture notes
20 Aug 2016
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The dependence of one thing on another. Not saying anything metaphysical about the relationship between the terms, it just notices there is a relationship of dependence. No thing exists independently of its own nature. Ultimately there are not things of independent sorts. Is a general theory about all things, but is especially applied to the self. The focus tends to be on knowledge rather than reality or questions about reality are best answered by re ecting upon knowledge (our understanding, perception) What is stressed is the conditionality of the self. The self is analyzed as an aggregate and is dependent upon multiple factors. Anatta/anatman: no atman, doctrine of no self. The reality that it has is not ultimate and does not exist as an independent thing with an autonomous, separate nature. Existence is a conglomerate of interrelated processes. The self is generated by the conditioning factors. No separate, stable thing to be discovered behind the factors.
