Advaita Epistemology and Metaphysics: An Outline of Indian Non-Realism

ISBN-13: 9781138878945 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 288 str.

Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad

Opis

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 also addressing issues found in western philosophers.

Recenzje

'The credit goes to Chakrabarthi Ram-Prasad to have been able to produce a full-length book on Advaita Vedanta written in a thoroughly analytical style that transcends geographical barriers in philosophy.' - Philosophy East and West 

Spis treści

Introduction Section I: Sankara: Externality 1. Sankara and the philosophical framework of Advaita 2. Sankara, Vasubandhu and the idealist use of dreaming 3. Sankara, dreaming and non-realism Section II: Vacaspati: Determinacy 1. Vacaspati on anirvacaniyatva Section III: Sri Harsa: Existence 1. Knowledge and Existence 2. The non-realist critique of Existence Discursive Appendix: Reading Sri Harsa through 20th century anti-sceptical naturalism Section IV: Applying Non-Realism 1. Causal connections, cognition and regularity: comparativist remarks on David Hume and Sri Harsa 2. Immediacy and the direct theory of perception: problems with Sri Harsa

O autorze

Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad