[Buddha-l] Mereological nihilism

[Erik Hoogcarspel]

Wong Weng Fai schreef:
>
> Stumbled upon the following para under Transcendental Idealism in 
> Wikipedia...
>
>> Some interpretations of some of the medieval Buddhists of India, such 
>> as Dharmakirti, may reveal them to be transcendental idealists, since 
>> they seemed to hold the position of mereological nihilism but where 
>> minds are distinct from the atoms. Some Buddhists often attempt to 
>> maintain that the minds are equal to the atoms of mereological 
>> nihilist reality, but Buddhists seem to have no explanation of how 
>> this is the case, and much of the literature on the aforementioned 
>> Buddhists involves straightforward discussion of atoms and minds as 
>> if they are separate. This makes their position very similar to 
>> transcendental idealism, resembling Kant's philosophy where there are 
>> only things-in-themselves (which are very much like philosophical 
>> atoms), and phenomenal properties.
>
> Is it just Dharmakirti or isn't all of Buddhism mereological nihilistic?
>
> Also "Some Buddhists often attempt to maintain that the minds are 
> equal to the atoms of mereological nihilist reality"? Really? Who? 
> Sarvastivadins?
>
> Weng-Fai
>
>
I agree with Richard's comment on the quality of the article. Of course 
everything that is composed has the three qualities of existence. I find 
it farfetched to call this a kind of nihilism. To speak about the 
Thing-in-Itself in plural is another typical mistake. The author 
confuses Kant with the sensedata theory of Russell.

Erik