348 Pages
by
Routledge
348 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 2001. The five volumes of this series collect together some of the most significant modern contributions to the study of Indian philosophy. Volume 2: Logic and Philosophy of Language is concerned with those parts of Indian pramd-a theory that Western philosophers would count as logic and philosophy of language. Indian philosophers and linguists were much concerned with... Read more
Volume Introduction The Indian Tradition; A Note on the Indian Syllogism; The Concept of Paksa in Indian Logic; Negation and the Law of Contradiction in Indian Thought: A Comparative Study; Indian Logic Revisited: Nyayapravesa Reviewed; Some Features of the Technical Language of Navya-Nyaya; The Nyaya on Double Negation; The Middle Term; Psychologism in Indian Logical Theory; Tarka in the Nyaya Theory of Inference; Anekanta: Both Yes and No? 181 Sanskrit Philosophy of Language; Some Indian Theories of Meaning; Reference and Existence in Nyaya and Buddhist Logic; The Context Principle and Some Indian Controversies over Meaning; The Sense-Reference Distinction in Indian Philosophy of Language; Bhartrhari's Paradox
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Roy W. Perrett Massey University
