Epistemology: Indian Philosophy / Edition 1

by Roy W. Perrett

Overview

First Published in 2001. The five volumes of this series collect together some of the most significant modern contributions to the study of Indian philosophy. Volume 1: Epistemology is concerned with the nature and scope of Indian pramana theory, i.e. that part of Indian philosophy concerned with the nature and sources of knowledge. Indian philosophers developed a causal theory of knowledge and acknowledged the existence of a number of valid ways of knowing, including perception, inference and testimony. The Indian pramana theorists thus discussed many issues that have also occupied Western epistemologists, often offering importantly different perspectives on these matters. They also sometimes addressed various interesting questions about knowledge that are unfamiliar to Western epistemologists. The selections in this volume discuss Indian treatments of epistemological topics like the means of knowledge, realism and anti-realism, truth, knowledge of knowledge, illusion and perceptual error, knowability, testimony, scepticism and doubt.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815336099
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/04/2001
Series:	Indian Philosophy Ser.
Pages:	392
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Roy W. Perrett Massey University

Table of Contents

Volume Introduction, 1 A Fragment of the Indian Philosophical Tradition -Theory of Prama-a; Nagarjuna as Anti-Realist; Introduction to Gangda's Theory of Truth; Dharmakirti's Theory of Truth; Does Indian Epistemology Concern Justified True Belief? Knowing That One Knows; The Indian Concepts of Knowledge and Self; Padmapada's Illusion Argument; Dreams and Reality: The Sarikarite Critique of Vijfianavada; Dreams and the Coherence of Experience: An Anti-Idealist Critique from Classical Indian Philosophy; Astitva Jiieyatva Abhidheyatva; The Nyaya on Existence, Knowability and Nameability; Is Whatever Exists Knowable and Nameable? On Knowing by Being Told; The Nyaya Theory of Doubt

Editorial Reviews

The first of five anthologies reproducing primarily journal articles but also some book chapters, that together are intended to provide English readers a broad overview of Indian philosophy. Volume one is concerned with the nature and scope of Indian theory, which is concerned with the nature and sources of knowledge. The 15 essays were originally published between the 1950s and the 1990s, most in the 1980s. They discuss such topics as Nagarjuna as anti-realist, knowing that one knows, Padmapada's illusion argument, and on knowing by being told. No information is provided about the authors. There is no index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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