Jan Westerhoff was educated at Cambridge and the School of Oriental and African Studies. He has taught philosophy at the Universities of Oxford and Durham and is presently professor of Buddhist philosophy at the University of Oxford, a fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, and a research associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. His books include Ontological Categories, Nagarjuna's Madhyamaka, The Dispeller of Disputes, Twelve Examples of Illusion, Reality: A Very Short Introduction, and The Golden Age of Indian Buddhist Philosophy.
