Philosophy in Classical India: An Introduction and AnalysisRoutledge, 2003 M09 1 - 216 pages This original work focuses on the rational principles of Indian philosophical theory, rather than the mysticism more usually associated with it. Ganeri explores the philosophical projects of a number of major Indian philosophers and looks into the methods of rational inquiry deployed within these projects. In so doing, he illuminates a network of mutual reference, criticism, influence and response, in which reason is used to call itself into question. This fresh perspective on classical Indian thought unravels new philosophical paradigms, and points towards new applications for the concept of reason. |
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Abhidharma absence assertion atoms B. K. Matilal belief Bimal Bimal Krishna Matilal blue blue lotus catuskoti causal cause Chapter Clarendon Press class of tropes Classical Indian colour common sense concept condition contradiction Delhi Dharmakirti Dinnaga distinction doctrine domain Dordrecht doubt edge empty entity epistemic Epistemology example excludes extrapolation relation fallacy four options Gangesa Graham Priest graph graph-theoretic idea identical Indian Logic Indian Philosophy inference inheres Jaina Jonardon Ganeri Journal of Indian Kautilya knowledge lotus Madhyamaka means of knowing Metaphysics method motion mover Nagarjuna Nagarjuna's argument Naiyayikas nature Navya-Nyaya negation nodes non-eternal Nyaya Nyayasutra object one's ontology original Oxford perceived perception possibility present principle problem proved qualities Raghunatha rational reason property Reidel Publishing Company rule Sanskrit sceptic semantic sentence Sriharsa statement Studies substance suppositional reasoning Syadvada target property theory thesis things thought tion TRANSLATION tropes true Udayana Uddyotakara University Press Vaisesika Vatsyayana