Indian Philosophy And The Consequences Of Knowledge

Author : Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317117438

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Indian Philosophy and the Consequences of Knowledge by Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad Pdf

This book presents a collection of essays, setting out both the special concern of classical Indian thought and some of its potential contributions to global philosophy. It presents a number of key arguments made by different schools about this special concern: the way in which attainment of knowledge of reality transforms human nature in a fundamentally liberating way. It also looks in detail at two areas in contemporary global philosophy - the ethics of difference, and the metaphysics of consciousness - where this classical Indian commitment to the spiritually transformative power of knowledge can lead to critical insights, even for those who do not share its presuppositions. Close reading of technical Indian texts is combined with wide-ranging and often comparative analysis of philosophical issues to derive original arguments from the Indian material through an analytic method that is seldom mastered by philosophers of non-western traditions.

Author : Roy W. Perrett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781135702946

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Epistemology by Roy W. Perrett Pdf

First Published in 2001. The five volumes of this series collect together some of the most significant modern contributions to the study of Indian philosophy. Volume 1: Epistemology is concerned with the nature and scope of Indian pramana theory, i.e. that part of Indian philosophy concerned with the nature and sources of knowledge. Indian philosophers developed a causal theory of knowledge and acknowledged the existence of a number of valid ways of knowing, including perception, inference and testimony. The Indian pramana theorists thus discussed many issues that have also occupied Western epistemologists, often offering importantly different perspectives on these matters. They also sometimes addressed various interesting questions about knowledge that are unfamiliar to Western epistemologists. The selections in this volume discuss Indian treatments of epistemological topics like the means of knowledge, realism and anti-realism, truth, knowledge of knowledge, illusion and perceptual error, knowability, testimony, scepticism and doubt.

Author : Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan,Charles A. Moore
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781400865062

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A Source Book in Indian Philosophy by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan,Charles A. Moore Pdf

Here are the chief riches of more than 3,000 years of Indian philosophical thought-the ancient Vedas, the Upanisads, the epics, the treatises of the heterodox and orthodox systems, the commentaries of the scholastic period, and the contemporary writings. Introductions and interpretive commentaries are provided.

Author : C. Ram-Prasad
Publisher : Springer
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2000-12-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781403913739

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Knowledge and Liberation in Classical Indian Thou by C. Ram-Prasad Pdf

Classical Indian schools of philosophy undertake major debates on a variety of issues with the formal aim of attaining a supreme end to existence - liberation from the cycle of lives. This book looks at four conceptions of liberation and the way analytic inquiry and philosophical knowledge are held to lead in its attainment. The central motivation of Indian philosophy - the quest for the Highest Good - is recognised but also situated in the rigorous and analytic philosophical activity of these thinkers.

Author : Tara Chatterjea
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8130903180

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Knowledge And Freedom In Indian Philosophy by Tara Chatterjea Pdf

Author : Roy W. Perrett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781135703578

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Theory of Value by Roy W. Perrett Pdf

First Published in 2001. While classical Indian philosophy is incredibly rich in rigorous discussion s of topics in epistemology, logic and metaphysics, comparable discussions in the area s of ethics, politics and aesthetics were not as extensive as might have been expected. The selections in this volume discuss Indian treatments of topics in the theory of value like the proper ends of life, the relation of dharma and moksa, liberation and pleasure, the sources of our knowledge of right and wrong, the ethics of non-violence, the status of the supra-moral. egoism and altruism, the theory of rasa, aesthetic experience and catharsis.

Author : BINA. GUPTA
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367362988

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INTRODUCTION TO INDIAN PHILOSOPHY by BINA. GUPTA Pdf

Author : Roy W. Perrett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781135702731

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Metaphysics by Roy W. Perrett Pdf

First Published in 2001. Part of the Indian Philosophy collection of readings, this volume focuses on Metaphysics. The complement to pramdna theory is prameya theory. Wherea s th e pramdnas are the means of knowledge, the prameyas are the knowables. cognizable entities which constitute the world. With respect to the number and kinds of such entities, there was a very wide variety of opinion among classical Indian philosophers. Moreover, since according to most Indian systems knowledge of reality is at least a necessary condition for liberation , these metaphysical disputes were taken to be of practical as well as theoretical import.

Author : Bina Gpta
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 4158000025

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Introduction to Indian Philosophy by Bina Gpta Pdf

Author : Joerg Tuske
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781472534477

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Indian Epistemology and Metaphysics by Joerg Tuske Pdf

Indian Epistemology and Metaphysics introduces the reader to new perspectives on Indian philosophy based on philological research within the last twenty years. Concentrating on topics such as perception, inference, skepticism, consciousness, self, mind, and universals, some of the most notable scholars working in classical Indian philosophy today examine core epistemological and metaphysical issues. Philosophical theories and arguments from a comprehensive range of Indian philosophical traditions (including the Nyaya, Mimamsa, Saiva, Vedanta, Samkhya, Jain, Buddhist, materialist and skeptical traditions, as well as some 20th century thought) are covered. The contributors to this volume approach the topics from both a philosophical and a philological perspective. They demonstrate the importance of the subject matter for an understanding of Indian thought in general and they highlight its wider philosophical significance. By developing an appreciation of classical Indian philosophy in its own terms, set against the background of its unique assumptions and historical and cultural development, Indian Epistemology and Metaphysics is an invaluable guide to the current state of scholarship on Indian philosophy. It is a timely and much-needed reference resource, the first of its kind.

Author : Maria Heim,Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad,Roy Tzohar
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781350167797

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The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Emotions in Classical Indian Philosophy by Maria Heim,Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad,Roy Tzohar Pdf

Drawing on a rich variety of premodern Indian texts across multiple traditions, genres, and languages, this collection explores how emotional experience is framed, evoked, and theorized in order to offer compelling insights into human subjectivity. Rather than approaching emotion through the prism of Western theory, a team of leading scholars of Indian traditions showcases the literary texture, philosophical reflections, and theoretical paradigms that classical Indian sources provide in their own right. The focus is on how the texts themselves approach those dimensions of the human condition we may intuitively think of as being about emotion, without pre-judging what that might be. The result is a collection that reveals the range and diversity of phenomena that benefit from being gathered under the formal term “emotion”, but which in fact open up what such theorisation, representation, and expression might contribute to a cross-cultural understanding of this term. In doing so, these chapters contribute to a cosmopolitan, comparative, and pluralistic conception of human experience. Adopting a broad phenomenological methodology, this handbook reframes debates on emotion within classical Indian thought and is an invaluable resource for researchers and students seeking to understand the field beyond the Western tradition.

Author : A. P. Sharma
Publisher : Pustak Mahal
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 8178062011

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Indian & Western Educational Philosophy by A. P. Sharma Pdf

All important matters relating to educational philosophy that have bearing on human life and conduct have been taken into consideration quite exhaustively in this book. Care has also been taken to discuss each topic quite elaborately so that the reader can have a clearer view of each school of philosophy. Educational implications are highlighted in bold. Each chapter has a set of questions which can possibly be asked in any examination relating to education. Most answers to these questions are implicit specifically within the emboldened text contained within each chapter. The book will be highly useful for the M.Ed. and B. Ed. students of any Indian University and also to them who wish to take any competitive examinations at a level where education is one of the papers to be examined.

Author : Stephen H Phillips
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781136518980

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Epistemology in Classical India by Stephen H Phillips Pdf

In this book, Phillips gives an overview of the contribution of Nyaya--the classical Indian school that defends an externalist position about knowledge as well as an internalist position about justification. Nyaya literature extends almost two thousand years and comprises hundreds of texts, and in this book, Phillips presents a useful overview of the under-studied system of thought. For the philosopher rather than the scholar of Sanskrit, the book makes a whole range of Nyaya positions and arguments accessible to students of epistemology who are unfamiliar with classical Indian systems.

Author : Jadunath Sinha
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass
Page : 944 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9788120836518

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Indian Philosophy by Jadunath Sinha Pdf

The work deals with the subject comprehensively. The treatment closely follows the basic texts of the various schools, which is a unique feature of the work. These volumes deal with the evolution of religious and spiritual thought and philosophical speculation from the principal Upanisads to the Puranas and the Gitas through the Manusamhita and Ramayana and explains the ideas common to them. The book is based on the study of the original texts. It deals with the epistemology, logic, ontology, psychology, ethics and theology of the different systems, though it specializes in their ontology. It gives comprehensive accounts of the Carvaka, the Vaisesika, the Nyaya, and the Navya Nyaya logic of Gangesa. It deals with BhartrhariÍs linguistic monism as expounded in his Vakyapadiya (Brahma-kanda), which is a unique type of philosophy. The subject matter of Vol. I is the philosophies of the Upanisads, the Epics, the Puranas, the Gita, the Philosophies of the Carvakas, the Vaisesika, the Nyaya, the Navya Nyaya, the Mimamsa, and the _abdika of Bhartrhari. Vol. II deals with the philosophies of Samkhya, the Yoga, Jainism, Buddhism, Advaita Vedanta and other Theistic Vedanta, Saivism, Saktism: while Vol. III contains the philosophies of Bhëskara, Saivism and different _aiva schools and the problem of post Sankara Advaitavada. Dr. Jadunath Sinha's significant work on Indian Philosophy in three volumes deals with the subject comprehensively. His treatment closely follows the basic texts of the various schools, which is a unique feature of the work. The topics included in the volumes are as under: Volume I: The major and minor Upanisads; Epics; Puranas; Gita, Carvaka, Vaisesika; Nyaya; Navya Nyaya; Mimamsa; Sabdika. Volume II: Samkhya; Yoga; Jaina; Early Buddhism; Schools of Buddhism; Background of Vedanta; Advaita; Bhagavad Gita; Bhagavata; Pancaratra; Ramanuja; Madhva; Nimbarka; Vallabha; Caitanya; Saivism & Saktaism. Volume III: Bhaskara; Kasmira Saiva; Pasupata; Saiva Siddhanta; Srikantha; Vira Saiva; Post-Sankara Advaita.

Author : Deepak Sarma
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780231133982

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Classical Indian Philosophy by Deepak Sarma Pdf

Deepak Sarma completes the first outline in more than fifty years of India's key philosophical traditions, inventively sourcing seminal texts and clarifying language, positions, and issues. Organized by tradition, the volume covers six schools of orthodox Hindu philosophy: Mimamsa (the study of the earlier Vedas, later incorporated into Vedanta), Vedanta (the study of the later Vedas, including the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads), Sankhya (a form of self-nature dualism), Yoga (a practical outgrowth of Sankhya), and Nyaya and Vaisesika (two forms of realism). It also discusses Jain philosophy and the Mahayana Buddhist schools of Madhyamaka and Yogacara. Sarma maps theories of knowledge, perception, ontology, religion, and salvation, and he details central concepts, such as the pramanas (means of knowledge), pratyaksa (perception), drayvas (types of being), moksa (liberation), and nirvana. Selections and accompanying materials inspire a reassessment of long-held presuppositions and modes of thought, and accessible translations prove the modern relevance of these enduring works.