Living Metaphysics: Process Thought, Buddhist Philosophy, and the Impact of Ontology
Philosophies March 13, 2026 Tina Röck
Reality is best understood as fundamentally dynamic and interdependent, or processual, by bringing together process thought, phenomenology, and the Madhyamaka school of Buddhism. This view shapes how we speak about, investigate, and understand the natural world. A phenomenological reading of process is brought into dialogue with Buddhist thought. Key points of convergence between phenomenologically clarified process philosophy and Madhyamaka are mapped, and the epistemological and practical consequences of viewing reality as impermanent and dependently arising are considered through Whitehead's and Nāgārjuna's views.