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EarlyBuddhistMetaphysicsprovidesaphilosophicalaccountofthemajordoctrinalshiftinthehistoryofearlyTheravadatraditioninIndia:thetransitionfromtheearlieststratumofBuddhistthoughttothesystematicandallegedlyscholasticphilosophyofthePaliAbhidhammamovement.EntwiningcomparativephilosophyandBuddhology,theauthorprobestheAbhidhamma'smetaphysicaltransitionintermsoftheAristoteliantraditionandvis-à-vismodernphilosophy,exploitsWesternphilosophicalliteraturefromPlatotocontemporarytextsinthefieldsofphilosophyofmindandculturalcriticism.