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Controversial reasoning in Indian philosophy : major texts and arguments on Arthâpatti / edited by Malcolm Keating.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 344 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781350070493
  • 1350070491
  • 9781350070486
  • 1350070483
  • 9781350070509
  • 1350070505
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Controversial reasoning in Indian philosophy.DDC classification:
  • 181/.4 23
LOC classification:
  • B132.R415 C66 2020
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Introduction 1. -- Kumārila Bhaṭṭa's Explanation in Verse / Andrew Ollett and Elisa Freschi 2. -- Prabhākara's Long Explanation / Andrew Ollett and Elisa Freschi 3. -- Śālikanātha's Straightforward and Lucid Gloss; Comprehensive Survey of the Epistemic Instruments / Andrew Ollett and Elisa Freschi 4. -- Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa's Elucidation of Epistemic Instruments and Their Objects / Malcolm Keating 5. -- Akṣapāda Gautama's Nyāya-sūtra with early commentaries / Malcolm Keating 6. -- Udayana Ācārya's The Flower-Offering of Reason / Nilanjan Das 7. -- Jayanta Bhaṭṭa's Flowers of Reasoning / Alessandro Graheli 8. -- Gaṅgeśa Upādhyāya's Jewel of Reflection on the Truth / Stephen Phillips 9. -- The Physical Existence of a Living Being and Kumārila's Theory of Arthâpatti / Kiyotaka Yoshimizu 10. -- Raghunātha on Arthâpatti / Nilanjan Das 11. -- Against Reducing Arthâpatti / Mark Siderits 12. -- Arthâpatti: An Anglo-Indo-Analytic Attempt at Cross-Cultural Conceptual Engineering / Anand Vaidya Table of Important Figures, Dates, and Works English-Sanskrit Glossary Sanskrit-English Glossary Index.
Summary: "A pervasive form of reasoning exists in Indian philosophy. Known as arthâpatti, this epistemic instrument is crucial to Mimamsa philosophers, as well as a point of controversy for Nyaya and Buddhist philosophers, yet to date it has received less attention than perception, inference, and testimony. This collection presents a one-of-a-kind reference resource for understanding this form of reasoning in Indian philosophy. It assembles translations of central primary texts by Kumarila Bhatta, Prabhakara Misra, Jayanta Bhatta, Udayana and Gangésa Upadhyaya, together with newly-commissioned essays on research topics. These readable translations of Sanskrit works are accompanied by critical notes which introduce arthâpatti, offer historical context, and clarify the philosophical debates surrounding it. Showing how arthâpatti is used as a way to reason about the basic unseen causes driving language use, cause-and-effect relationships, as well as to interpret ambiguous or figurative texts, this book demonstrates the importance of this epistemic instrument in both contemporary Anglo-analytic and classical Indian epistemology, language, and logic"-- Provided by publisher
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)2553113

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction 1. -- Kumārila Bhaṭṭa's Explanation in Verse / Andrew Ollett and Elisa Freschi 2. -- Prabhākara's Long Explanation / Andrew Ollett and Elisa Freschi 3. -- Śālikanātha's Straightforward and Lucid Gloss; Comprehensive Survey of the Epistemic Instruments / Andrew Ollett and Elisa Freschi 4. -- Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa's Elucidation of Epistemic Instruments and Their Objects / Malcolm Keating 5. -- Akṣapāda Gautama's Nyāya-sūtra with early commentaries / Malcolm Keating 6. -- Udayana Ācārya's The Flower-Offering of Reason / Nilanjan Das 7. -- Jayanta Bhaṭṭa's Flowers of Reasoning / Alessandro Graheli 8. -- Gaṅgeśa Upādhyāya's Jewel of Reflection on the Truth / Stephen Phillips 9. -- The Physical Existence of a Living Being and Kumārila's Theory of Arthâpatti / Kiyotaka Yoshimizu 10. -- Raghunātha on Arthâpatti / Nilanjan Das 11. -- Against Reducing Arthâpatti / Mark Siderits 12. -- Arthâpatti: An Anglo-Indo-Analytic Attempt at Cross-Cultural Conceptual Engineering / Anand Vaidya Table of Important Figures, Dates, and Works English-Sanskrit Glossary Sanskrit-English Glossary Index.

"A pervasive form of reasoning exists in Indian philosophy. Known as arthâpatti, this epistemic instrument is crucial to Mimamsa philosophers, as well as a point of controversy for Nyaya and Buddhist philosophers, yet to date it has received less attention than perception, inference, and testimony. This collection presents a one-of-a-kind reference resource for understanding this form of reasoning in Indian philosophy. It assembles translations of central primary texts by Kumarila Bhatta, Prabhakara Misra, Jayanta Bhatta, Udayana and Gangésa Upadhyaya, together with newly-commissioned essays on research topics. These readable translations of Sanskrit works are accompanied by critical notes which introduce arthâpatti, offer historical context, and clarify the philosophical debates surrounding it. Showing how arthâpatti is used as a way to reason about the basic unseen causes driving language use, cause-and-effect relationships, as well as to interpret ambiguous or figurative texts, this book demonstrates the importance of this epistemic instrument in both contemporary Anglo-analytic and classical Indian epistemology, language, and logic"-- Provided by publisher

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