Special Issue On Philosophical Traditions In The Indian Languages

Author : Mark Siderits
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401132343

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Indian Philosophy of Language by Mark Siderits Pdf

What can the philosophy of language learn from the classical Indian philosophical tradition? As recently as twenty or thirty years ago this question simply would not have arisen. If a practitioner of analytic philosophy of language of that time had any view of Indian philosophy at all, it was most likely to be the stereotyped picture of a gaggle of navel gazing mystics making vaguely Bradley-esque pronouncements on the oneness of the one that was one once. Much work has been done in the intervening years to overthrow that stereotype. Thanks to the efforts of such scholars as J. N. Mohanty, B. K. Matilal, and Karl Potter, philoso phers working in the analytic tradition have begun to discover something of the range and the rigor of classical Indian work in epistemolgy and metaphysics. Thus for instance, at least some recent discussions of personal identity reflect an awareness that the Indian Buddhist tradition might prove an important source of insights into the ramifications of a reductionist approach to personal identity. In philosophy of language, though, things have not improved all that much. While the old stereotype may no longer prevail among its practitioners, I suspect that they would not view classical Indian philoso phy as an important source of insights into issues in their field. Nor are they to be faulted for this.

Author : A. Raghuramaraju
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199088362

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Modernity in Indian Social Theory by A. Raghuramaraju Pdf

Unlike the West, India presents a fascinating example of a society where the pre-modern continues to co-exist with the modern. Modernity in Indian Social Theory explores the social variance between India and the West to show how it impacted their respective trajectories of modernity. A. Raghuramaraju argues that modernity in the West involved disinheriting the pre-modern, and temporal ordering of the traditional and modern. It was ruthlessly implemented through programmes of industrialization, nationalism, and secularism. This book underscores that India did not merely the Western model of modernity or experience a temporal ordering of society. It situates this sociological complexity in the context of the debates on social theory. The author critically examines various discourses on modernity in India, including Partha Chatterjee’s account of Indian nationalism; Javeed Alam’s reading of Indian secularism; the use of the term pluralism by some Indian social scientists; and Gopal Guru’s emphasis on the lived Dalit experience. He also engages with the readings on key thinkers including Vivekananda, Aurobindo, Gandhi, and Ambedkar.

Author : A. Raghuramaraju
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009-02-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199088058

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Enduring Colonialism by A. Raghuramaraju Pdf

This volume explores three significant issues—absence, the consciousness of the contemporary, and new philosophical episteme—relevant to thought systems in the Indian subcontinent. The author discusses the present lack of original philosophical discourse in the context of South Asia, especially India, and investigates the reasons of such absences. It also investigates the reasons for decline in traditional philosophical schools and Sanskritic studies in the subcontinent. The book discusses the manner in which Indian thinkers from the times of nineteenth-century social reforms to the present day have interacted with the contemporary issues of philosophical engagement the world over.

Author : Chittaranjan Kumar Paty
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Community forestry
ISBN : 8180694062

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Forest, Government, and Tribe by Chittaranjan Kumar Paty Pdf

Contributed articles presented earlier at a national conference organized by Dept. of History, Tata College during 2-3 March 2005, and sponsored by UGC, Eastern Regional Office.

Author : A. Raghuramaraju
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199091850

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Desire and Liberation by A. Raghuramaraju Pdf

In Desire and Liberation, Vaddera Chandidas creates a new metaphysical system. He bases this new system on earlier Indian traditions of sutra literature. The author rejects major convergences in philosophy from both India and the West, especially on the ontological primacy of non-being that results in permanence, which he posits as a mere project of the intellect. He is especially opposed to the idea of permanence, which renders unreliable anything that is not permanent but changing. Thus, desire, which is not permanent, is marginalized. Chandidas points out that contradictoriness is the structural ‘tinge’ of reality. Therefore, in his philosophy all that is claimed to be permanent is marginal and derivative of the intellect. A. Raghuramaraju has curated and edited this volume, which proposes a major breakthrough in the field of philosophical studies. The volume reproduces not only Desire and Liberation and Kalidas Bhattacharyya’s introduction to it, but also the letters that Bhattacharyya wrote to Chandidas, and Chandidas’s own commentary on his text.

Author : K. S. Prasad
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015057648472

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The Philosophy of Language in Classical Indian Tradition by K. S. Prasad Pdf

The Volume Throws Light On Various Issues And Problems In Classical Indian Philosophical Tradition Concerning The Structure Of Language And Meaning, Particularly Referring To The Theories And Philosophies Of Bhartrhari And Nyaya And Purva-Mimamsa Philosophies Of Language. It Also Involves The Contemporary Western Perspective In The Course Of Analysis.

Author : Asha Mishra,Chittaranjan Kumar Paty
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Jharkhand (India)
ISBN : 8180696863

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Tribal Movements in Jharkhand, 1857-2007 by Asha Mishra,Chittaranjan Kumar Paty Pdf

Contributed articles presented at the National Conference organized by Department of History, Mahila College, Chaibasa on 7-8 March, 2008 sponsored by UGC Eastern Regional Office, Kolkata.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1590 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015081705504

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Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research by Anonim Pdf

Author : Alessandro Graheli
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781350049130

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The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Philosophy of Language by Alessandro Graheli Pdf

The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Philosophy of Language presents a systematic survey of philosophy of language in the Indian tradition, providing an up-to-date research resource for better understanding the history and future direction of the field. Each chapter addresses a particular philosophical problem from the viewpoint of seminal traditions and specific thinkers. Covering the philosophical insight on language found in the mainstream philosophies of Vyakarana, Mima?sa, Nyaya, Vedanta, Buddhism, and Alankarasastra, the chapters tackle crucial semantic and pragmatic questions such as the relation of the speaker to reality, the use of metalanguage, the distinction between sentences, elliptic statements, and figurative usages, and the impact of textual structures on the philosophical message. Complete with further reading suggestions and an annotated bibliography, this collection makes an important contribution to both Eastern and Western contemporary philosophy of language.

Author : Padmaja Sen
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Community development
ISBN : 8180690237

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Changing Tribal Life by Padmaja Sen Pdf

Conceptualizing The Hos Of Singhbhum As A Tribe, The Contributors In This Book Discuss At Length The Significance Of Myth And Rituals Among The Tribals, Folk Treatment System, Dialectics Of Identity And Assimilation, And Socio-Religion Of The Tribes.

Author : Sor-hoon Tan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781472580320

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The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Chinese Philosophy Methodologies by Sor-hoon Tan Pdf

The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Chinese Philosophy Methodologies presents a new understanding of the changing methods used to study Chinese philosophy. By identifying the various different approaches and discussing the role, and significance of philosophical methods in the Chinese tradition, this collection identifies difficulties and exciting developments for scholars of Asian philosophy. Divided into four parts, the nature of Chinese philosophical thought is illuminated by discussing historical developments, current concerns and methodological challenges. Surveying recent methodological trends, this research companion explores and evaluates the methodologies that have been applied to Chinese philosophy. From these diverse angles, an international team of experts reflect on the considerations that enter their methodological choices and indicate new research directions. The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Chinese Philosophy Methodologies is an important contribution to the education of the next generation of Chinese philosophers.

Author : Samuel Wright
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780197568187

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A Time of Novelty by Samuel Wright Pdf

In A Time of Novelty, Samuel Wright re-envisions the relationship between philosophy and history in premodern India. This relationship is studied through the tradition of Sanskrit logic between 1500 and 1700 CE -- the period in Indian history that witnessed the ascendency of the Mughal Empire. During this period, Sanskrit logicians would refer to themselves and their arguments as 'new,' indicating that the concept of novelty was at the center of their philosophical project. By retaining space for emotion when studying intellectual thought,this book recovers both what it means to "think" novelty and to "feel" novelty for these thinkers. Focusing on a number of little-known essays by early modern Sanskrit logicians, Wright argues that the concept of novelty is used to forge a new philosophical community in this period where novelty is both an intellectual and affective category. This perspective allows the book to raise questions that have never been asked when studying Sanskrit logic -- questions concerning critical thought, mood, imagination, and manuscript culture. Wright expands the ways in which we study philosophical thought by considering philosophy as deeply immersed in the felt experiences of one's life, at the confluence of thinking and feeling.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 914 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Asia
ISBN : UCLA:L0099708133

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Journal of the Oriental Institute, M.S. University of Barida, Baroda by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jonardon Ganeri
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780190668396

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The Oxford Handbook of Indian Philosophy by Jonardon Ganeri Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of Indian Philosophy tells the story of philosophy in India through a series of exceptional individual acts of philosophical virtuosity. It brings together forty leading international scholars to record the diverse figures, movements, and approaches that constitute philosophy in the geographical region of the Indian subcontinent, a region sometimes nowadays designated South Asia. The volume aims to be ecumenical, drawing from different locales, languages, and literary cultures, inclusive of dissenters, heretics and sceptics, of philosophical ideas in thinkers not themselves primarily philosophers, and reflecting India's north-western borders with the Persianate and Arabic worlds, its north-eastern boundaries with Tibet, Nepal, Ladakh and China, as well as the southern and eastern shores that afford maritime links with the lands of Theravda Buddhism. Indian Philosophy has been written in many languages, including Pali, Prakrit, Sanskrit, Malayalam, Urdu, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi, Persian, Kannada, Punjabi, Hindi, Tibetan, Arabic and Assamese. From the time of the British colonial occupation, it has also been written in English. It spans philosophy of law, logic, politics, environment and society, but is most strongly associated with wide-ranging discussions in the philosophy of mind and language, epistemology and metaphysics (how we know and what is there to be known), ethics, metaethics and aesthetics, and metaphilosophy. The reach of Indian ideas has been vast, both historically and geographically, and it has been and continues to be a major influence in world philosophy. In the breadth as well as the depth of its philosophical investigation, in the sheer bulk of surviving texts and in the diffusion of its ideas, the philosophical heritage of India easily stands comparison with that of China, Greece, the Latin west, or the Islamic world.

Author : Brian Black,Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351011112

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In Dialogue with Classical Indian Traditions by Brian Black,Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad Pdf

Dialogue is a recurring and significant component of Indian religious and philosophical literature. Whether it be as a narrative account of a conversation between characters within a text, as an implied response or provocation towards an interlocutor outside the text, or as a hermeneutical lens through which commentators and modern audiences can engage with an ancient text, dialogue features prominently in many of the most foundational sources from classical India. Despite its ubiquity, there are very few studies that explore this important facet of Indian texts. This book redresses this imbalance by undertaking a close textual analysis of a range of religious and philosophical literature to highlight the many uses and functions of dialogue in the sources themselves and in subsequent interpretations. Using the themes of encounter, transformation and interpretation – all of which emerged from face-to-face discussions between the contributors of this volume – each chapter explores dialogue in its own context, thereby demonstrating the variety and pervasiveness of dialogue in different genres of the textual tradition. This is a rich and detailed study that offers a fresh and timely perspective on many of the most well-known and influential sources from classical India. As such, it will be of great use to scholars of religious studies, Asian studies, comparative literature and literary theory.