Categorisation in Indian philosophy : thinking inside the box
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Categorisation in Indian philosophy : thinking inside the box
（Dialogues in South Asian traditions : religion, philosophy, literature and history）
Ashgate, c2014
Available at 4 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
It is by fitting the world into neatly defined boxes that Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain philosophers were able to gain unparalleled insights into the nature of reality, God, language and thought itself. Such categories aimed to encompass the universe, the mind and the divine within an all-encompassing system, from linguistics to epistemology, logic and metaphysics, theology and the nature of reality. Shedding light on the way in which Indian philosophical traditions crafted an elaborate picture of the world, this book brings Indian thinkers into dialogue with modern philosophy and global concerns. For those interested in philosophical traditions in general, this book will establish a foundation for further comparative perspectives on philosophy. For those concerned with the understanding of Indic culture, it will provide a platform for the continued renaissance of research into India's rich philosophical traditions.
Table of Contents
- Contents: Foreword: remarks on the philosophical use of categories, Gavin Flood
- Introduction: the importance of 'thinking inside the box', Jessica Frazier
- VyAE karaa(1)a: BhAE va as the ultimate category, Eivind Kahrs
- NyAE ya: pramAE a(1)a (knowledge-generators) as natural kinds, Stephen Phillips
- SAE a(1)fkhya: the analysis of experience in classical sAE a(1)fkhya, Mikel Burley
- VedAE nta: metaphors for the category of existence, Jessica Frazier
- Early vaiA>ea(1)GBPika: the concept of categories in vaiA>ea(1)GBPika philosophy, Shashiprabha Kumar
- Later vaiA>ea(1)GBPika: the 'seven category ontology' reaffirmed, Jonardon Ganeri
- Madhyamaka: conventional categories in madhyamaka philosophy, Jan Westerhoff
- Jainism: from ontology to taxonomy in the jaina colonisation of the universe, W. J. Johnson
- Historical perspectives: the origin of categories in Indian philosophy, Johannes Bronkhorst
- The order of things: the goals and categories of categorisation in India, Jessica Frazier
- Bibliography
- Appendices
- Index.
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