Making Sense of Bill Waldron's Making Sense of Mind Only

Bill Waldron's seminal 'Making Sense of Mind Only: Why Yogācāra Buddhism Matters' provides an overview of early Yogācāra tradition—its texts, doctrines, and practices—while demonstrating its continued relevance. The book reframes Yogācāra as a cognitivist inquiry investigating the conditions that give rise to phenomena, moving beyond debates about whether Yogācāra should be classified as idealism. This approach allows Waldron to engage Yogācāra on its own terms while establishing meaningful dialogues with contemporary philosophy and cognitive science. In this roundtable, participants will examine different aspects of Making Sense of Mind Only, analyzing its contributions to both historical understanding and contemporary applications of Yogācāra thought. In this roundtable, each participant will briefly engage one aspect of the book, Bill Waldron will then respond before opening the discussion with the audience.