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Taking Conventional Truth Seriously: Authority Regarding Deceptive Reality
Philosophy East and West 60 (3):341-354 (2010)
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Mädhyamika philosophers in India and Tibet distinguish between two truths: the conventional and the ultimate. It is difficult, however, to say in what sense conventional truth is indeed a truth, as opposed to falsehood. Indeed, many passages in prominent texts suggest that it is entirely false. It is explained here in the sense in which, for Candrakïrti and Tsong khapa, conventional truth is truthAuthor Profiles
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