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Zusatztext 'This bookis an outstanding achievement of scholarship! breadth of representation! historical nuance! and wide accessibility. The volume contains key articles across a range of areas in mind! knowledge! and reality. This book will be an important resource for both specialists and generalists of Indian philosophy as well as those in Western philosophy seeking to gain an understanding of the vast traditions and complex arguments that make up Indian philosophy.'Anand Vaidya! San Jose State University! USA'This meticulously crafted volume! exhaustive in its historical reach and judicious in its choice of topics! promises to become an indispensable resource for both scholars and students of the Indian philosophical tradition.'Saranindranath Tagore! National University of Singapore! Singapore"It will surely gratify the readers that the volume under review presents the various streams of Indian philosophy in constant contact! as flowing in and out of each other as it were! for this truly reflects an aspect of Indian philosophy itself! which! to a certain extent! sets it apart from western philosophy. "-Arvind Sharma! Journal of Dharma Studies Informationen zum Autor Purushottama Bilimoria is Honorary Professor of Philosophy and Comparative Studies at Deakin University and Senior Fellow with the University of Melbourne, Australia. He is also Visiting Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has been Chancellor’s Scholar. He has been a Fellow at Harvard and Oxford (All Souls and OCHS). He serves as Distinguished Teaching Fellow and Doctoral Faculty at the Center for Dharma Studies in the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, as well as Editor-in-Chief of two journals, Sophia and the International Journal of Dharma Studies . His research and publications are on classical Indian philosophy, emotions, aesthetics, comparative ethics, continental philosophy, comparative philosophy of religion, diaspora, bioethics, secularity and customary law. Klappentext This outstanding collection is essential reading for students of Indian philosophy! and will also be of interest to those seeking to explore the lasting significance this rich and complex philosophical tradition. Zusammenfassung This outstanding collection is essential reading for students of Indian philosophy, and will also be of interest to those seeking to explore the lasting significance this rich and complex philosophical tradition. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: Knowledge, Context, Concepts 1. Introduction: Textual Scriptual Issues in Philosophy Christian Coseru 2. Methodology in Indian Philosophy Nirmalaya Chakraborty 3. Pramana Epistemology and Testimony Purushottama Bilimoria 4. Buddhist Hermenutics John Powers 5. Process Philosophy and Phenomenology of Time in Buddhism Hari Shankar Prasad 6. Philosophy and Religion in India Jessica Frazier 7. Indian Skepticism Raghunath Ghosh 8. Self in Indian Philosophy: Questions, Answers, Issues Michael Levine 9. Contents of Consciousness: Perception Monima Chadha 10. Indian Materialism Raghunath Ghosh Part Two: Philosophical Traditions, I 11. Philosophy of the Bhramanas Hermann Tull 12. Upanishads Brian Black 13. Samkhya Mikel Burley 14. The Plurality of Samkhya Traditions Knut A. Jacobsen 15. Mimamsa Elisa Freschi 16. Vaisesika Shashi Prabha Kumar 17. Nyaya Stephen Philips 18. The Nyaya on Inference and Fallacies Jay Shaw 19. Embodied Connectionism: Nyaya Philosophy of Mind Douglas Berger 20. Udayana and the phenomenal separateness of self Chakravarthi Ram Prasad 21. Udayana’s Theory of Extrinsic Validity in his Theistic Monograph Taisei Shida 22. Early Vedanta Andrew Nicholson 23. Advaita Vedanta of Shankara Thomas Forsthoefe...
