Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxxvi, 217 pages)
ISBN:
9781498555708
Series Statement:
Studies in comparative philosophy and religion
Content:
This book argues that the history of India contains a tradition of skepticism about philosophy represented most clearly by three figures: Nāgārjuna, Jayarāśi, and Śrī Harṣa. Furthermore, understanding this tradition ought to be an important part of our contemporary metaphilosophical reflections on the purposes and limits of philosophy.
Content:
Cover -- Three Pillars of Skepticism in Classical India -- Series page -- Three Pillars of Skepticism in Classical India: Nāgārjuna, Jayarāśi, and Śrī Harṣa -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations for Classical Texts -- Introduction -- 0.1 Telling the Story of Skepticism in Classical India -- 0.2 Skepticism about Philosophy versus Epistemological Skepticism -- 0.3 The Scope of This Study and Preview of Contents -- 0.4 Expanding the History of Philosophy -- Notes -- Chapter 1 -- Skeptical Roots in Early Indian Philosophy -- 1.1 Digging for Skeptical Roots -- 1.2 Skepticism in the Ṛg Veda: The Shadow of Philosophical Inquiry -- 1.3 Upaniṣadic Mystical Skepticism: Bṛhadāraṇyaka, Chāndogya, Kaṭha, and Kena Upaniṣads -- 1.4 Materialism, Sañjayan Eel-Wriggling, and Early Buddhist Quietism -- 1.5: Can Skepticism about Philosophy be a Tradition?: Vitaṇḍa, Prasaṅga, and Prasajya -- 1.6 Conclusion: Previewing the Fruits of these Skeptical Roots -- Notes -- Chapter 2 -- Nāgārjuna's Buddhist Skepticism -- 2.1 Interpreting Nāgārjuna: Mysticism, Anti-Realism, and Epistemological Skepticism -- 2.2 The Middle Way between Mysticism and Anti-Realism -- 2.3 Nāgārjuna's Two Phases -- 2.4 How Skepticism about Philosophy Takes Both Phases Seriously -- 2.5 Nāgārjuna's Development of Early Buddhist Quietism: Religiosity without Belief -- 2.6 Other Historical Precedents: Candrakīrti, Kumārajīva, Khedrupjey's Opponent, and Patsab Nyimadrak -- 2.7 Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 3 -- Nāgārjuna and the Cause of Skepticism -- 3.1 An Overview of Nāgārjuna's Argumentative Strategies -- 3.2 Brief Tour of Arguments Concerning the Means of Knowledge in the Vigrahavyāvartanī -- 3.3 Nāgārjuna's Critique of Theories of Causation -- 3.4 Conventionalist, Anti-Realist, and Epistemological Skeptical Interpretations.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781498555692
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Mills, Ethan Three pillars of skepticism in classical India Lanham : Lexington Books, 2018 ISBN 1498555691
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781498555692
Language:
English
Subjects:
Philosophy
Keywords:
Nāgārjuna
;
Jayarāśi Bhaṭṭa
;
Śrīharṣa
;
Skeptizismus
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