An Introduction to Indian Philosophy (Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy) by Perrett, Roy W. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Half title Title page Imprints page Epigraph Contents Figures Preface A note on the pronunciation of Sanskrit Introduction

Preliminaries Is there Indian philosophy? Indian philosophy: a brief historical overview The ancient period of Indian philosophy The classical period of Indian philosophy The medieval period of Indian philosophy The modern period of Indian philosophy Western conceptions of Indian philosophy Suggestions for further reading

1 Value

Introduction The structure of value: the puruṣārthas Dharma and mokṣa: moral and non-moral values Hindu value pluralism Obligation, desire and liberation Theories of moral motivation Desire and action in the Bhagavadgītā Virtue and the supramoral Defending the primacy of liberation Buddhist ethics Intention (cetanā) in Buddhist ethics Buddhist consequentialism ‘No-self’ and selflessness Jaina ethics Conclusion Suggestions for further reading

2 Knowledge

Introduction The structure of knowledge according to pramāṇa theory Indian and Western epistemologies Knowledge and pramā Truth and prāmāṇya Perception (pratyakṣa) Determinate and indeterminate perception The theory of error (khyātivāda) Testimony (śabda) and other pramāṇas Scepticism in Indian and Western epistemologies Nāgārjuna's critique of the pramāṇas Jayarāśi and truthfulnesss Śrīharṣa and the necessity of the pramāṇas Conclusion Suggestions for further reading

3 Reasoning

Introduction Early Nyāya logic Fallacies, debate and dialectics Medieval Buddhist logic Navya-Nyāya logic Pervasion and the problem of induction Cārvāka scepticism about inference The Nyāya defence of induction The Advaitin defence of induction The Buddhist defence of induction Pragmatic defences The scope of inference: anumāna, upamāna, arthāpatti and anupalabdhi The Buddhist tetralemma (catuṣkoṭi) Jaina logic Conclusion Suggestions for further reading

4 Word

Introduction Word-meaning Sentence-meaning The problem of sentential unity How are meanings established? How do meanings become known? Empty subject terms The Buddhist logicians on non-existent entities Two types of negation Identity statements The problem of universals Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika realism about universals Bhāṭṭa Mīmāṃsa realism about universals Buddhist apoha nominalism Conclusion Suggestions for further reading

5 World

Introduction Criteria of reality and two revisionary metaphysics Advaita Vedānta and the ultimately real The Buddhist causal criterion The Master Argument for Buddhist Momentariness Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika realism Madhyamaka metaphysics Causation: the context of the Indian theories Cārvāka scepticism about causation Sāṃkhya-Yoga and the transformation theory Advaita Vedānta and the appearance theory Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika and the non-identity theory Buddhist theories Jaina non-absolutism Conclusion Suggestions for further reading

6 Self

Introduction The problem of the self Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika dualism Sāṃkhya-Yoga dualism Sāṃkhya-Yoga and the mind–body problem Advaita Vedānta non-dualism Post-Śaṃkara debates on Self and selves Buddhist ‘no-self’ theory The normative implications of theories of the self Minimalism and Madhyamaka Subjects and agents Conclusion Suggestions for further reading

7 Ultimates

Introduction Ultimate concern and maximal greatness Īśvara and Yoga Īśvara in Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika Three critics of Nyāya natural theology Brahman and the varieties of Vedānta Śaṃkara on Brahman Rāmānuja on Brahman Madhva on Brahman Jina Buddha Conclusion Suggestions for further reading

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