Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge
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Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge

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Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge

About this book

The author of this volume, an accomplished philologist, historian and philosopher, analyzes the relevant earlier and later texts and traces the epistemological foundations of Pali canonical thought from the Vedic period onwards. Originally published in 1963, it sheds new light on later developments and elucidates from the Indian point of view some of the basic problems of the conflict between metaphysics and logical and linguistic analysis.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9780415461078
eBook ISBN
9781134542949
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Religion

INDEX

  • abhāva, negation, 84
  • ABHAYADEVA, a Jain commentator, 142, 154, 155, 164
  • ABHAYARĀJAKUMĀRA, 226
  • Ābhidharmika, 283, 285, 287, 288
  • abhijāti species, 101
  • abhinibodha (mati), perceptual and discursive cognition, 165
  • abhiƱƱā, paranormal cognition, 99, 180, 188, 192, 417, 423, 437ā€“9, 466
  • abhrānta, non-erroneous, incorrigible (of perception), 85
  • Absolute, discourse, 363; sense, 262, 266; speech, 363, 365; statement, 364; teaching, 363ā€“6
  • Abstraction, faculty of, 415
  • Acceptance, out of faith, 396; of a proposition, 393; provisional, 391, 392; of a statement, 390, 391
  • Activity theory of causation, 443, 452
  • ādesanā pāį¹­ihāriya, miracle of instruction, 324n, 440
  • adhiccasamuppanna, indeterministic, 252, 261, 262, 270, 271, 445, 446
  • adhiccasamuppannavāda, indeterminism, 262
  • adhiccasamuppannika, indeterminist, 445
  • adį¹›į¹£į¹­Ärtha, non-empirical facts, 173
  • Advaita Vedānta, 23, 174
  • Affirmation, four-fold principle of, 337
  • āgama, scriptural tradition, 84, 198
  • āgame, tradition as a means of knowledge, 167
  • Agent, of an action, 292; metaphysical, 402
  • Agnostic, 80, 116, 125, 134, 472; naive, 472; teachers, 132; trends, 110
  • Agnosticism, 109, 132, 472, 476; Kantian, 109; naive, 471; rational, 40, 109, 471; of SaƱjaya, 138; of YājƱavalkya, 40
  • Agreement, the method of, 146
  • ahetu, non-causal, 339; appaccayā, without cause or...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Original Title
  6. Original Copyrigh
  7. Dedication
  8. Foreword
  9. Preface
  10. Table of Contents
  11. Abbreviations
  12. I. The Historical Background Iā€”Vedic
  13. II. The Historical Background IIā€”Non-Vedic Iā€”Materialism
  14. III. The Historical Background IIIā€”Non-Vedic IIā€”Sceptics, į€jÄ«vikas and Jains
  15. IV. The Attitude to Authority
  16. V. The Attitude to Reason
  17. VI. Analysis and Meaning
  18. VII. Logic and Truth
  19. VIII. Authority and Reason Within Buddhism
  20. IX. The Means and Limits of Knowledge
  21. Appendix I
  22. Chronological Table of Schools
  23. Bibliography
  24. Index