Metaphysics : Indian Philosophy

ISBN-13: 9780815336082 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 400 str.

Roy W. Perrett

Opis

This volume is concerned with prameya theory, the complement to pramana theory. Whereas the pramanas are the means of knowledge, the prameyas are the knowables, cognizable entities that constitute the world. With respect to the number and kinds of such entities, there was a very wide variety of opinion among classical Indian philosophers - including variants of monism, dualism, and pluralism about both entities and kinds. Many metaphysical topics were debated, but two of the most important were causation and the nature of the self. The competing theories offered about these two issues also raised other questions about the metaphysics of wholes and parts, substances and properties, and universals and particulars. The selections in this volume discuss Indian treatments of topics in metaphysics like ontology, constructionalism, universals, negative facts, mereology, causation, relations, freedom and determinism, and theories of self.

Spis treści

Ontological problems in ny?ya, buddhism and jainism a comparative analysis *; Ved?ntaparibh??? as systematic reconstruction; The nyay?-vai?e?ika theory of universals; Review article more things in heaven and earth; Negative Facts and Knowledge of Negative Facts *; Mereological considerations in vasubandhu's “proof of idealism” *; Causality in the Ny?ya-Vai?e?ika school; An ontology of concbete connectors 1; Dependent arising and the emptiness of emptiness: why did n?c?rjuna start with causation?; Freedom and Determinism from an Indian Perspective *; Reductionist and nonreductionist theories of persons in indian buddhist philosophy; Self-construction in buddhism; Buddhist reductionism; The M?m??s? theory of self-recognition; I Touch What I Saw; Deh?tmav?da or the body as soul; An eccentric ghost in the machine: Formal and quantitative aspects of the S?? khya-Yoga dualism; Mind/Consciousness Dualism in S??khya-Yoga Philosophy *; The Self in Advaita Ved?nta *; The Concept Of The Absolute And Its Alternative Forms

O autorze

Series Editor- Roy W. Perrett, Massey University