Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde Süd- und Ostasiens und Archiv für indische Philosophie
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Published: 1985
Total Pages: 460
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Logic, Language, and Method
Author: Kuno Lorenz
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 311020312X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPapers from more than three decades reflect the development of thinkingover the dialogical framework that shapes verbal expression of comprehending experience and that has to be exhibited in responsible argumentations. With dialogical reconstructions of experience owing to the methodical constructivism of the "Erlangen School" it is possible to uncover the origin of many conceptual oppositions in traditional philosophical talk, like natural vs. artificial/cultural, subjective vs. objective, etc., and to solve philosophical riddles connected with them.
Buddhist Philosophy of Language in India
Author: Lawrence J. McCrea
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 0231150946
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJnanasrimitra (975-1025) was regarded by both Buddhists and non-Buddhists as the most important Indian philosopher of his generation. His theory of exclusion combined a philosophy of language with a theory of conceptual content to explore the nature of words and thought. Jnanasrimitra's theory informed much of the work accomplished at Vikramasila, a monastic and educational complex instrumental to the growth of Buddhism. His ideas were also passionately debated among successive Hindu and Jain philosophers. This volume marks the first English translation of Jnanasrimitra's Monograph on Exclusion, a careful, critical investigation into language, perception, and conceptual awareness. Featuring the rival arguments of Buddhist and Hindu intellectuals, among other thinkers, the Monograph reflects more than half a millennium of competing claims while providing an invaluable introduction to a crucial philosopher. Lawrence J. McCrea and Parimal G. Patil familiarize the reader with the author, themes, and topics of the text and situate Jnanasrimitra's findings within his larger intellectual milieu. Their clear, accessible, and accurate translation proves the influence of Jnanasrimitra on the foundations of Buddhist and Indian philosophy.
Religious Medicine
Author: Kenneth G. Zysk
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-10-23
Total Pages: 341
ISBN-13: 1351493620
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst Published in 2017. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.
A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy
Author: Steven M. Emmanuel
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2015-11-23
Total Pages: 760
ISBN-13: 1119144663
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Companion to Buddhist Philosophy is the most comprehensive single volume on the subject available; it offers the very latest scholarship to create a wide-ranging survey of the most important ideas, problems, and debates in the history of Buddhist philosophy. Encompasses the broadest treatment of Buddhist philosophy available, covering social and political thought, meditation, ecology and contemporary issues and applications Each section contains overviews and cutting-edge scholarship that expands readers understanding of the breadth and diversity of Buddhist thought Broad coverage of topics allows flexibility to instructors in creating a syllabus Essays provide valuable alternative philosophical perspectives on topics to those available in Western traditions
Word Order in Sanskrit and Universal Grammar
Author: J.F. Staal
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 1967-01-31
Total Pages: 124
ISBN-13: 9789027705495
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis monograph owes its existence to certain puzzles in universal grammar and the theory of language which led the author to an investigation of word order in Sanskrit and its possible analyses and descriptions. Not unexpectedly, the raw material was found to be too vast for a first-hand treatment even to be attempted. Rather surprisingly, however, its inter pretations by Indian and Western theorists and grammarians turned out to be so greatly at variance, that an analysis of these interpretations seemed rewarding. Accordingly, theoretical issues within the framework of generative grammar had to be faced anew, and alternative solutions suggested them selves. In this connexion the Sanskrit grammarians proved not only in spiring but positively helpful. This book may invite the accusation that it wilfully mixes disciplines. There were alternatives: one could try to write a history of the subject; or construct a merely formal edifice, leaving it to others to test its adequacy; or else one could make the notorious attempt to stick to the facts, which is not only unilluminating but also bound to fail. Any such self-imposed restrictions seemed to conflict with the original intent. And so it was decided not only to make available the results of the investigation into Sanskrit word order, but also to introduce a theory of universal grammar to account for these and other results.
Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge
Author: K N Jayatilleke
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-10-16
Total Pages: 509
ISBN-13: 1134542941
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe author of this volume, an accomplished philologist, historian and philosopher, analyzes the relevant earlier and later texts and traces the epistemological foundations of Pali canonical thought from the Vedic period onwards. Originally published in 1963, it sheds new light on later developments and elucidates from the Indian point of view some of the basic problems of the conflict between metaphysics and logical and linguistic analysis.
Nagarjuna's Madhyamaka
Author: Jan Westerhoff
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009-02-23
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 0199705119
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Indian philosopher Acharya Nagarjuna (c. 150-250 CE) was the founder of the Madhyamaka (Middle Path) school of Mahayana Buddhism and arguably the most influential Buddhist thinker after Buddha himself. Indeed, in the Tibetan and East Asian traditions, Nagarjuna is often referred to as the "second Buddha." His primary contribution to Buddhist thought lies is in the further development of the concept of sunyata or "emptiness." For Nagarjuna, all phenomena are without any svabhaba, literally "own-nature" or "self-nature," and thus without any underlying essence. In this book, Jan Westerhoff offers a systematic account of Nagarjuna's philosophical position. He reads Nagarjuna in his own philosophical context, but he does not hesitate to show that the issues of Indian and Tibetan Buddhist philosophy have at least family resemblances to issues in European philosophy.
Medicine in the Veda
Author: Kenneth G. Zysk
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9788120814011
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Integrity of the Yoga Darśana
Author: Ian Whicher
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1998-11-13
Total Pages: 442
ISBN-13: 1438423969
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Integrity of the Yoga Darśana centers on the thought of Patañjali, the great exponent of the authoritative and Classical Yoga school of Hinduism and the reputed author of the Yoga-Sutras. In this textual, historical, and interpretive study, Whicher offers a plausible and innovative reading of the "intention" of the Yoga-Sutras, namely that Yoga does not advocate the abandonment or condemnation of the world, but rather supports a stance that enables one to live more fully in the world without being enslaved by worldly identification. Challenging and correcting misperceptions about Yoga drawn by traditional and modern interpretations of the Yoga-Sutras, the author argues for a fresh vision of the spiritual potential present in this seminal text, thereby contributing to our understanding of the meaning and practical relevance of Yoga and its reception today.
