Recognizing Reality Dharmakirti's Philosophy and Its Tibetan Interpretations

Name: Recognizing Reality Dharmakirti's Philosophy and Its Tibetan Interpretations
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ISBN: 9780791430989

ISBN-10: 0791430987

ISBN-13: 9780791430989

Edition: 1997

Authors: Georges B. J. Dreyfus

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Examines the central ideas of Dharmakirti, one of the most important Indian Buddhist philosophers and their reception by Tibetan thinkers.

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List price: $40.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 1/22/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 622
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English



Preface and Acknowledgments


Technical Notes


Introduction I. A Few Methodological Considerations


Introduction II. Dharmakirti's Tradition in India and Tibet



Ontology and Categories



Dharmakirti's Ontology



The Ambiguities of the Concept of Existence



The Purview of the "Real"



Ge-luk Thinkers on Specific Ontology



Introducing Universals



Dharmakirti on Universals



Sa-gya Antirealism and the Problems of Predication



Ge-luk Realism



Realism in Buddhist Tradition



Introduction to Apoha



Dharmakirti on Concept Formation



The Concept of Negation and the Evolution of the Apoha Theory



Object Universal and Concept Formation



Philosophy of Language



Dharmakirti's Epistemology of Valid Cognition



Was Dharmakirti a Pragmatist?



Can Inference Be Valid?



Philosophy of Perception



Dharmakirti's Account of Perception



A New Epistemology Begins: Dharmottara on Perception



Tibetan New Epistemology



Cha-ba's Philosophy of Mind



Sa-pan's Critique of the New Epistemology



Perception and Apperception



Are External Objects Perceptible?



Epistemology, Metaphysics, and Religion


Conclusion: Philosophy as an Education of the Mind


Notes


Glossary: Tibetan - Sanskrit - English


Glossary: Sanskrit - Tibetan - English


Bibliography


Author Index


Subject Index