Arnold, Daniel. “Much Ado About Nothing: Thoughts on Neville's Ontological Questions and Comparative Philosophy.”  Process Studies 26, nos.3-4 (Fall-Winter 1997): 218-38.

Abstract

This article examines Robert Neville's contention that the ontological question (or "creation ex nihilo") represents a central category in philosophy of religion.  It elaborates Neville's category in terms of symmetry and asymmetry in relations, such that the idea of "creation ex nihilo" can be seen as an expression of ontological asymmetry.  This idea is then brought into conversation with the thought of the Buddhist philospher Nagarjuna.  It is concluded that Nagarjuna's thought resists the dichotomy of "ontology" vs. "cosmology," and that this version of Buddhism, therefore cannot easily be accommodated by Neville's comparative category.