Jay Garfield
b. 1955
“Engaging Buddhism — analytic philosophy through Madhyamaka eyes.”
The four dimensions in the 16-axis model where this thinker scores highest. People in this archetype tend to lean the same way.
- TVTragic Vision7 / 10
- TRTrust in Reason7 / 10
- CECommunal Embeddedness7 / 10
- ATAscetic Tendency7 / 10
The six thinkers whose 16-dimensional positions sit closest to this one. Useful as next-reading suggestions.
- VasubandhuTHRESHOLD
Twenty Verses — defense of mind-only against the realist objection.
- AsangaTHRESHOLD
Yogācāra — mind-only; consciousness constructs the world it perceives.
- KumarajilaTHRESHOLD
Translator of the Lotus and Diamond sutras — Chinese Buddhism's spine.
- TsongkhapaTHRESHOLD
Synthesis of sutra and tantra. Emptiness combined with rigorous logic. Lamrim — the graduated path.
- Daisaku IkedaTHRESHOLD
Soka Gakkai humanism — the practitioner's revolution from the inside.
- DignagaTHRESHOLD
Pramanasamuccaya — the founder of Buddhist epistemology.
Short exercises in the same tradition as Jay Garfield's thought. Each takes 5–25 minutes.
Three doors lead onward.
- 01 · QUIZThe InheritorFind your archetype — discover whether you'd argue with Jay Garfield or alongside them.CONTINUE ▶
- 02 · COMPAREJay Garfield vs VasubandhuOn Mull's map Vasubandhu sits closest. See where they agree and where they part.CONTINUE ▶
- 03 · DAILYToday's SparOne philosopher, one topic, five minutes. A new one drops every day.CONTINUE ▶