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Indian Perspectives on Consciousness, Language and Self The School of Recognition on Linguistics and Philosophy of Mind
By Marco Ferrante
Copyright 2021
164 Pages
by
Routledge
164 Pages
by
Routledge
164 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book examines the theory of consciousness developed by the school of Recognition, an Indian philosophical tradition that thrived around the tenth c. CE in Kashmir, and argues that consciousness has a linguistic nature. It situates the doctrines of the tradition within the broader Indian philosophical context and establishes connections with the contemporary analytic debate.
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1. Historical and Philosophical Contexts 2. The Buddhist Doctrine of Non–Self 3. The True Nature of Self–Awareness 4. Self–Awareness and the Pratyabhijñā’s forerunners 5. A Linguistic Consciousness 6. Subjectivity and First–Person Stance 7. Self
Biography
Marco Ferrante is a specialist in Indian philosophy, with a special focus on epistemology, philosophy of mind and philosophy of language. He was Berggruen Fellow in Comparative Philosophy at the University of Oxford, UK.
