Advaita Epistemology and Metaphysics
Advaita Epistemology and Metaphysics

Author: Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 1136868909

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Based on original translations of passages from the works of three major thinkers of the classical Indian school of Advaita (Sankara, Vacaspati and Sri Harsa), but addressing issues found in Descartes, Berkeley, Hume, Kant, Wittgenstein and contemporary analytic philosophers, this book argues for a philosophical position it calls 'non-realism'. This is the view that an independent, external world must be assumed if the features of cognition are to be explained, but that it cannot be proved that there is such a world, independently of an appeal to cognition itself. This position is constructed against idealist denials of externality, realist arguments for an independent world and the sceptical denial of the coherence of cognition.

The Disinterested Witness
The Disinterested Witness

Author: Bina Gupta

Publisher: Northwestern University Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 9780810115651

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The Disinterested Witness is a detailed, contextual, and interpretive study of the concept of saksin (or that which directly or immediately perceives) in Advaita Vedanta, and a fascinating and significant comparison of the philosophies of the East and West. Addressing a wide range of epistemological dilemmas, as well as perceived commonalities and differences between Eastern and Western philosophy, it is a major contribution to comparative philosophy and forms a vantage point for cross-cultural comparison.

Consciousness in Advaita Vedanta
Consciousness in Advaita Vedanta

Author: William M. Indich

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9788120812512

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The nature of consciouness or human awareness is one of the problems of perennial concern to philosphers and psychologists alike. Here is a systematic critical and comparative study the nature of human awareness according to the most influential school of classical Indian thought. After introducing the Advaita Philosophical system and indicating the place of consciouness in this system the author presents a detailed discussion of the Advaitin`s unique non-dual understanding of man`s basic intelligence. He continues with and analysis of the Advaitin`s hierarchical vision of waking dream and dreamless sleep experience and compares this analysi,

Samkara's Advaita Vedānta
Samkara's Advaita Vedānta

Author: Jacqueline Suthren Hirst

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9780415355490

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This is a detailed introduction to the thought of Samkara, who is the most well-known and perhaps the most authoritative Hindu thinker of all time.

Realisms Interlinked
Realisms Interlinked

Author: Arindam Chakrabarti

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2019-09-19

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 1350044474

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This book brings together over 25 years of Arindam Chakrabarti's original research in philosophy on issues of epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy of mind. Organized under the three basic concepts of a thing out there in the world, the self who perceives it, and other subjects or selves, his work revolves around a set of realism links. Examining connections between metaphysical stances toward the world, selves, and universals, Chakrabarti engages with classical Indian and modern Western philosophical approaches to a number of live topics including the refutation of idealism; the question of the definability of truth, and the possibility of truths existing unknown to anyone; the existence of non-conceptual perception; and our knowledge of other minds. He additionally makes forays into fundamental questions regarding death, darkness, absence, and nothingness. Along with conceptual clarification and progress towards alternative solutions to these substantial philosophical problems, Chakrabarti demonstrates the advantage of doing philosophy in a cosmopolitan fashion. Beginning with an analysis of the concept of a thing, and ending with an analysis of the concept of nothing, Realisms Interlinked offers a preview of a future metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of mind without borders.

The Epistemology of Dvaita Vedānta
The Epistemology of Dvaita Vedānta

Author: P. Nagaraja Rao

Publisher: Adyar, Madras : Adyar Library and Research Centre ; Wheaton, Illinois : agents, Theosophical Publishing House

Published: 1976

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13:

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On the school of Madhva, 13th century Hindu dualistic philosopher.

Indian Philosophy and the Consequences of Knowledge
Indian Philosophy and the Consequences of Knowledge

Author: Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-05-23

Total Pages: 191

ISBN-13: 1317117433

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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.

Classical Indian Philosophy
Classical Indian Philosophy

Author: Jitendra Nath Mohanty

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 9780847689330

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In this comprehensive textbook, renowned philosopher J. N. Mohanty examines the range of Indian philosophy from the Sutra period through the 17th century Navya Nyaya. Classical Indian Philosophy is divided into three parts that cover epistemology, metaphysics, and the attempt to transcend the distinction between subject and object. Instead of concentrating on the different systems, Mohanty focuses on the major concepts and problems dealt with in Indian philosophy. The book includes discussions of Indian ethics and social philosophy, as well as of Indian law and aesthetics. Classical Indian Philosophy is essential reading for students of Indian philosophy at every level.