Mag. Dr. Patrick Mc Allister
Mc Allister, P 2022, Ratnakīrti: Aligning Everyday Experience with Momentariness and Idealism. in W Edelglass, P-J Harter & S McClintock (eds), The Routledge Hadbook of Indian Buddhist Philosophy. Routledge, Taylor & Francis, London and New York, Routledge Handbooks, pp. 573-585.



Mc Allister, P 2021, Ratnakīrti. in S Goetz & C Taliaferro (eds), The Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Religion. John Wiley & Sons, New York.

Mc Allister, P 2020, Prajñākaragupta’s Argument for Two Means of Valid Cognition. in B Kellner, P McAllister, H Lasic & S McClintock (eds), Reverberations of Dharmakīrti’s Philosophy: Proceedings of the Fifth International Dharmakīrti Conference Heidelberg, August 26 to 30, 2014. Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW), Wien, Sitzungsberichte / Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse, vol. 904, Beiträge zur Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens, vol. 104, pp. 221-250, Fifth International Dharmakīrti Conference , Heidelberg, Germany, 26/08/14. <https://austriaca.at/9783700188605>

Kellner, B, Mc Allister, P, Lasic, H & McClintock, S 2020, Preface. in B Kellner, P McAllister, H Lasic & S McClintock (eds), Reverberations of Dharmakīrti’s Philosophy: Proceedings of the Fifth International Dharmakīrti Conference Heidelberg, August 26 to 30, 2014. Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW), Wien, Sitzungsberichte / Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse, vol. 904, Beiträge zur Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens, vol. 104, pp. xi–xvi, Fifth International Dharmakīrti Conference , Heidelberg, Germany, 26/08/14. <https://austriaca.at/9783700188605>

Mc Allister, P 2020, Śabdārtha as Sense or Reference: Dharmakīrti on Synonymy. in A Graheli (ed.), The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Philosophy of Language. Bloomsbury, London, Bloomsbury Research Handbooks in Asian Philosophy, pp. 202–225.

Mc Allister, P 2020, Ratnakīrti’s Proof of Exclusion. Sitzungsberichte / Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse, vol. 898, Beiträge zur Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens, vol. 98, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW), Wien. https://doi.org/10.1553/0x003b4923

Mc Allister, P 2020, The relation of the three principal witnesses for the Pramāṇavārttikālaṅkārabhāṣya. in B Kellner, X Li & J Kramer (eds), Sanskrit Manuscripts in China III: Proceedings of a panel at the 2016 Beijing International Seminar on Tibetan Studies, August 1 to 4. China Translation & Publishing House, Beijing, pp. 215–242.

Mc Allister, P 2019, Ratnakīrti. in J Silk, R Bowring & V Eltschinger (eds), Brill's Encyclopedia of Buddhism. Brill, Leiden, Boston, pp. 371–373.

The relationship between conceptual and non-conceptual awareness in the Buddhist epistemological tradition

Patrick Mc Allister (Speaker)

6 Jul 2023

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Retro-digital Editions of Sanskrit Texts: Many Problems, Some Solutions

Patrick Mc Allister (Speaker)

14 Jan 2023

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Prajñākaragupta’s defense of inference: A Cārvāka opponent?

Patrick Mc Allister (Speaker)

25 Aug 2022

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Pronouns in the apoha theory

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25 Aug 2022

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Ratnākaraśānti and Ratnakīrti on Determination and Nescience

Patrick Mc Allister (Speaker)

16 Aug 2022

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Inference as a source of knowledge: a marker theory for Buddhist epistemology?

Patrick Mc Allister (Speaker)

24 May 2022

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Acting without knowledge? Prajñākaragupta’s alternative to Dharmottara

Patrick Mc Allister (Speaker)

16 Dec 2021

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Simple cognitions in Prajñākaragupta

Patrick Mc Allister (Speaker)

28 Apr 2021

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Vividness, truth, and knowledge: Prajñākaragupta’s reconfiguration of Dharmakīrti

Patrick Mc Allister (Speaker)

22 Jan 2020

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Argumentational Stragety of the Apohasiddhi

Patrick Mc Allister (Speaker)

4 Jun 2010

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Did Ratnakīrti think Dharmakīrti was an affirmationist, negationist, or neither?

Patrick Mc Allister (Speaker)

1 Sep 2009

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An overview of Ratnakīrti’s Apohasiddhi

Patrick Mc Allister (Speaker)

10 Jun 2009

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Determination (adhyavasāya) in Ratnakīrti’s Apohasiddhi

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15 Apr 2009

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