Shared Perceptions, Constructed Realities: How Vasubandhu’s Mind-Only Philosophy Challenges Realist Assumptions in Intersubjectivity
Scholarly Review Journal September 15, 2025 G. Chang
In Buddhist philosopher Vasubandhu’s Twenty Verses, Vasubandhu’s mind-only philosophy offers a compelling alternative to realist accounts of intersubjectivity by arguing that shared perceptions do not require the existence of mind-independent objects. Drawing on Vasubandhu’s Twenty Verses and his responses to objections regarding spatial-temporal perception, intersubjectivity, and effective...