An Apology for Philosophy
Jay L. Garfield defends the practice of philosophy as a political and aesthetic enterprise
Jay L. Garfield directs the Buddhist studies program and the Tibetan studies in India program at Smith College. His most recent books include Losing Ourselves: Learning to Live Without a Self (2022), Buddhist Ethics: A Philosophical Exploration (2021), and What Can’t Be Said: Paradox and Contradiction in East Asian Thought (with Yasuo Deguchi, Graham Priest, and Robert Sharf, 2021).
Jay L. Garfield defends the practice of philosophy as a political and aesthetic enterprise