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Defending the Semantic Interpretation: A Reply to Ferraro

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In a recent article in this journal, Giuseppe Ferraro mounted a sustained attack on the semantic interpretation of the Madhyamaka doctrine of emptiness, an interpretation that has been championed by the authors. The present paper is their reply to that attack.

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  1. Department of Philosophy, Seoul National University (emeritus), Seoul, South Korea

    Mark Siderits

  2. Yale-NUS College, Singapore, Singapore

    Jay L. Garfield

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Siderits, M., Garfield, J.L. Defending the Semantic Interpretation: A Reply to Ferraro. J Indian Philos 41, 655–664 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10781-013-9195-2

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