The Indian Buddhist philosopher Vasubandhu (c. 400 CE ) has seldom been considered in conjunction with the problem of external-world skepticism despite the fact that his text, Twenty Verses , presents arguments from ignorance based on dreams. In this article, an epistemological phenomenalist interpretation of Vasubandhu is supported in opposition to a metaphysical idealist interpretation. On either interpretation, Vasubandhu gives an invitation to the problem of external-world skepticism, although his final conclusion is closer to skepticism on the epistemological phenomenalist interpretation. The article ends with reflections on what light Vasubandhu might shed on the issue of whether skepticism is a natural problem in epistemology as well as why, despite Vasubandhu, the skeptical problem was not a central issue in the later Indian tradition.

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古典印度的外部世界怀疑论：Vasubandhu的案例

印度佛教哲学家 Vasubandhu（约公元 400 年）很少被考虑与外部世界怀疑论的问题结合起来考虑，尽管他的文本二十节经文提出了基于梦境的无知论据。在本文中，支持对 Vasubandhu 的认识论现象主义解释与形而上学唯心主义解释相反。在这两种解释中，Vasubandhu 都对外部世界怀疑论问题提出了邀请，尽管他的最终结论更接近于对认识论现象主义解释的怀疑论。文章最后反思了 Vasubandhu 可能会在怀疑主义是否是认识论中的一个自然问题的问题上发出什么光芒，以及为什么尽管 Vasubandhu 怀疑主义问题在后来的印度传统中并不是中心问题。