Controversial reasoning in Indian philosophy: major texts and arguments on Arthapātti

A pervasive form of reasoning exists in Indian philosophy. Known as Arthāpatti, 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. T...

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Collaborateurs: Keating, Malcolm (Éditeur intellectuel)
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Langue:Anglais
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Publié: London [England] Bloomsbury Academic 2020
Dans:Année: 2020
Édition:First edition
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Philosophie indienne / Théorie de la connaissance / Arthāpatti
Sujets non-standardisés:B Knowledge, Theory of (Hinduism)
B Sanskrit literature History and criticism
B Electronic books
B Recueil d'articles
B Indic philosophy
B Oriental & Indian philosophy
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Résumé:A pervasive form of reasoning exists in Indian philosophy. Known as Arthāpatti, 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 Gangesa Upadhyaya, together with newly-commissioned essays on research topics. These readable translations of Sanskrit works are accompanied by critical notes which introduce arthapatti, offer historical context, and clarify the philosophical debates surrounding it. Showing how arthapatti 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
List of Figures List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Transliteration Conventions and Pronunciation -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Kumarila Bhatta's Explanation in Verse. Andrew Ollett and Elisa Freschi -- 2. Prabhakara's Long Explanation. Andrew Ollett and Elisa Freschi -- 3. Salikanatha's Straightforward and Lucid Gloss ; Comprehensive Survey of the Epistemic Instruments. Andrew Ollett and Elisa Freschi -- 4. Narayana Bhatta's Elucidation of Epistemic Instruments and Their Objects. Malcolm Keating -- 5. Aksapada Gautama's Nyaya-sutra with early commentaries. Malcolm Keating -- 6. Udayana Acarya's The Flower-Offering of Reason. Nilanjan Das -- 7. Jayanta Bhatta's Flowers of Reasoning. Alessandro Graheli -- 8. Gangesa Upadhyaya's Jewel of Reflection on the Truth. Stephen Phillips -- 9. The Physical Existence of a Living Being and Kumarila's Theory of Arthṕatti. Kiyotaka Yoshimizu -- 10. Raghunatha on Arthāpatti. Nilanjan Das -- 11. Against Reducing Arthāpatti. Mark Siderits -- 12. Arthāpatti : 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
Description:Includes index
Type de support:Mode of access: World Wide Web.
ISBN:1350070475
Accès:Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to individual document purchasers
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.5040/9781350070509