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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. 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