Reason and Tradition in Indian Thought: An Essay on the Nature of Indian Philosophical Thinking

ISBN-13: 9780198239604 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 320 str.

Jitendra N. Mohanty

Opis

In this book, Mohanty develops a new interpretation of the nature of Indian philosophical thinking. Using the original Sanskrit sources, he examines the concepts of consciousness and subjectivity, theories of language and logic, and meaning and truth, and explicates the concept of theoretical rationality which underlies the Indian philosophies. Mohanty brings to bear insights from modern western analytical and phenomenological philosophies, not so much for comparative purposes, but rather to interpret Indian thinking and to highlight its distinctive features.

Recenzje

An interesting and important contribution to the scholarship of Indian philosophy ... I believe the book has made an excellent case for treating Indian philosophy as philosophy ... it is required reading for anyone in the Western tradition concerned with Indian philosophy, and for anyone interested in pursuing the thesis of an incompatibility of Western and Indian philosophical thought.

Spis treści

Indian philosophy, between tradition and modernity; Consciousness and knowledge; Language and meaning; The nature of Indian logic; Indian theories of truth: their common framework; The concept of being and the ontologies; Time, history, man, and nature; Remarks on the Praman Theory; The nature of Indian philosophical thinking