The Metaphysical Foundation of Buddhism and Modern Science
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7. Notes<br />
[1] See Appendix 1 for the term pratityasamutpada in Eastern <strong>and</strong> Western<br />
modes <strong>of</strong> thought.<br />
[2] Lindtner, C. Nagarjuniana: Studies in the writings <strong>and</strong> philosophy <strong>of</strong><br />
Nagarjuna. New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. 2002. It is worth noting, however,<br />
that Tilmann Vetter has raised doubts about the authenticity <strong>of</strong> one <strong>of</strong><br />
Nagarjuna's works in: On the Authenticity <strong>of</strong> the Ratnavali. Asiatische Studien<br />
XLVI, 1992. pp. 492-506. For two well-known translations <strong>of</strong> MMK see:<br />
Kalupahana, D. J. Mulamadhyamakakarika Nagarjuna: <strong>The</strong> philosophy <strong>of</strong> the<br />
middle way. New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. 1999; Garfield, J. L. <strong>The</strong><br />
fundamental wisdom <strong>of</strong> the middle way: Nagarjuna's 'Mulamadhyamakakarika'.<br />
New York: Oxford University Press. 1996.<br />
[3] I use the expression 'body' synonymously with 'object' or 'particle' or<br />
'field' or 'system' or 'entity'.<br />
[4] Cf. Webster's New World Dictionary, Second College Edition, <strong>The</strong> World<br />
Publishing Company, New York <strong>and</strong> Clevel<strong>and</strong>. 1968. p. 669<br />
[5] See: Gadamer, H.-G.. Der Anfang des Wissens. Phillip Reclam jun. Stuttgart<br />
1999, p.35. Cf. Davies, P.C.W. <strong>and</strong> Brown, J.R. <strong>The</strong> Ghost in the Atom.<br />
Cambridge, University Press, 1986.<br />
[6] Webster's New World Dictionary, Second College Edition, <strong>The</strong> World<br />
Publishing Company, New York <strong>and</strong> Clevel<strong>and</strong>. 1968.<br />
[7] Cf. Bohm, D. Wholeness <strong>and</strong> the implicate Order. London: Routledge<br />
Classics. 2000.<br />
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