Indian Philosophy and the Consequences of Knowledge
Title | Indian Philosophy and the Consequences of Knowledge PDF eBook |
Author | Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 191 |
Release | 2016-05-23 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1317117433 |
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.
Epistemology in Classical India
Title | Epistemology in Classical India PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen H Phillips |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 243 |
Release | 2013-04-15 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1136518983 |
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.
Knowledge and Liberation in Classical Indian Thou
Title | Knowledge and Liberation in Classical Indian Thou PDF eBook |
Author | C. Ram-Prasad |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 259 |
Release | 2000-12-18 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1403913730 |
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.
A Source Book in Indian Philosophy
Title | A Source Book in Indian Philosophy PDF eBook |
Author | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Sir |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 720 |
Release | 1957 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0691019584 |
Features significant works from the Vedic and Epic periods, the Heterodox and Orthodox systems, and contemporary Indian thought
Knowledge and Intervention
Title | Knowledge and Intervention PDF eBook |
Author | Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya |
Publisher | |
Pages | 572 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN |
Introduction to Indian Philosophy
Title | Introduction to Indian Philosophy PDF eBook |
Author | Bina Gpta |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9784158000020 |
The Nyaya Theory of Knowledge
Title | The Nyaya Theory of Knowledge PDF eBook |
Author | Satischandra Chatterjee |
Publisher | Motilal Banarsidass |
Pages | 387 |
Release | 2016-01-01 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 8120840828 |
As a system of realism, the Nyëya deserves special study to show that Idealism was not the only philosophical creed of ancient India. This book is an attempt to give a complete account of the Nyëya theory of knowledge in comparison with the rival theories of other systems, Indian and Western, and critical estimation of its worth. Though theories of knowledge of the Vedënta and other schools have been partially studied in this way by some, there has as yet been no such systematic, critical and comparative treatment of the Nyëya epistemology, The importance of such a study of Indian realistic theories of knowledge can scarcely be overrated in this modern age of Realism.