Advaita epistemology and metaphysics : an outline of Indian non-realism / Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad.
Based on original translations of passages from the works of three major thinkers of the classical Indian school of Advaita (Sankara, Vacaspati and Sri Harsa), but addressing issues found in Descartes, Berkeley, Hume, Kant, Wittgenstein and contemporary analytic philosophers, this book argues for a...
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; SECTION I: ŚAṄKARA: EXTERNALITY; 1. Śaṅkara and the philosophical framework of Advaita; 2. Śaṅkara, Vasubandhu and the idealist use of dreaming; 3. Śaṅkara, dreaming and non-realism; SECTION II: VĀCASPATI: DETERMINACY; 1. Vācaspati on anirvacanlyatva Transcendental arguments; SECTION III: SRI HARSA: EXISTENCE; 1. Knowledge and Existence; 2. The non-realist critique of Existence.
- Discursive Appendix: Reading Śrī Harsa through 20th-century anti-sceptical naturalism 'Idealism', Vijñānavāda and the dual aspectSECTION IV: APPLYING NON-REALISM; 1. Causal connections, cognition and regularity: comparativist remarks on David Hume and Śrī Harsạ The Vijnanavadin: dreams can prove there is no extrinsic world; 2. Immediacy and the direct theory of perception: problems from Śrī Harsạ; Bibliography; Index.