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**Effofqueeno** · 11-19-2011, 05:04 PM

Can you reccommend any more serious Buddhist philosophers.

I'm sorry I don't know any. As far as I can tell, Buddhism is not a philosophy. The dhamma is just verifiable facts.

However, Karl Marx was a materialist who philosophized that matter was primary rather than the ideal, a common debate around philosophical circles. I think the view that matter is primary sits well with the Buddha's teachings, which seem to suggest that rupa is primary and rupa can exist independent of the perception of it. Just my 2 cents.

11-19-2011, 05:04 PM	#6
Effofqueeno Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 390 Senior Member	Can you reccommend any more serious Buddhist philosophers. I'm sorry I don't know any. As far as I can tell, Buddhism is not a philosophy. The dhamma is just verifiable facts. However, Karl Marx was a materialist who philosophized that matter was primary rather than the ideal, a common debate around philosophical circles. I think the view that matter is primary sits well with the Buddha's teachings, which seem to suggest that rupa is primary and rupa can exist independent of the perception of it. Just my 2 cents.
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