The Fifth Corner of Four: An Essay on Buddhist Metaphysics and the Catuskoti

Graham Priest presents an exploration of the development of Buddhist metaphysics, which is viewed through the lens of the catu.sko.ti. In its earliest and simplest form, this is a logical/ metaphysical principle which says that every claim is true, false, both, or neither; but Priest shows how the principle itself evolves, assuming new forms, as the metaphysics develops, and how the resources of non-classical logic allow us to understand it. All matters are explained with the aim of accessibility to those with no knowledge of Buddhist philosophy or contemporary non-classical logic.