Dharmakirti's Theory of Inference Revaluation and Reconstruction

Name: Dharmakirti's Theory of Inference Revaluation and Reconstruction
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ISBN: 9780195657845

ISBN-10: 0195657845

ISBN-13: 9780195657845

Edition: 2002

Authors: Rajendra Prasad

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Dharmakirti was a Buddhist logician of 640CE. In this book, Rajendra Prasad uses the method of contemporary logic to clarify Dharmakirti's system of inference. The author aims not at a historical study, but at philosophical analysis, and for this purpose, he examines the Nyayabinbu with the assistance of Dharmottara's commentary. Despite not being organized along the lines of formal logic, Dharmakirti's inference emerges asa theory of deductive inference with an economy offormulation.

Book details

List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/26/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 302
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.46" long x 0.86" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



Preface



Introduction



Knowledge and Human Ends



Division of Inference (Anumana) into Inference for Oneself (Svarthanumana) and Inference for Someone Else (Pararthanumana)



Inference for Oneself (Svarthanumana)



Non-cognition as Logical Reason (Anupalabdhi Hetu)



Forms of Inference Using Non-cognition (Anupalabdhi) as Logical Reason (Hetu)



Identity as Logical Reason (Svabhava Hetu)



Effect as Logical Reason (Karya Hetu)



Some Problems in Proving the Completeness of Dharmakirti's Theory of Inference



Inference for Someone Else (Pararthanumana)



The Role of Example (Drstanta)



Inference for Someone Else and Aristotelian Syllogism



Inference for Someone Else and the Deductive-Inductive Distinction



Impermissible Inferences



Concluding Overview


Abbreviations and Glossary of Some Important Sanskrit Words Used in the Text


Select Bibliography


Index