Mario D\u2019Amato completed his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago (2000), where he studied the philosophy of religion, with a special emphasis on Buddhist philosophy. His primary research has been focused on the translation and interpretation of Sanskrit Buddhist doctrinal texts from the Yog\u0101c\u0101ra school, a school notable for having developed a Buddhist conception of the \u201cunconscious.\u201d D\u2019Amato published a study and annotated translation of the fourth century CE Buddhist treatise, Distinguishing the Middle from the Extremes (Columbia, 2012), the co-edited volume Pointing at the Moon: Buddhism, Logic, Analytic Philosophy (Oxford, 2009), as well as a number of articles on Buddhist thought in various journals and edited volumes. D\u2019Amato\u2019s continuing research aims to engage Buddhist thought in relation to Hegel, semiotics, and especially psychoanalysis.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Mario D\u2019Amato completed his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago (2000), where he studied the philosophy of religion, with a special emphasis on Buddhist philosophy. His primary research has been focused on the translation and interpretation of Sanskrit Buddhist doctrinal texts from the Yog\u0101c\u0101ra school, a school notable for having developed a Buddhist conception of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":60,"template":"","department":[],"faculty_type":[26,36,37],"class_list":["post-329","faculty","type-faculty","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","faculty_type-core-faculty","faculty_type-ma-philosophy-program","faculty_type-ma-psychoanalysis-program"],"yoast_head":"\n