Arnold Buddhists, Brahmins, and Belief

Epistemology in South Asian Philosophy of Religion
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-231-50779-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
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E-Book, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Arnold, Dan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Indische & Asiatische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction: On the Rational Reconstruction of South Asian Philosophy
Part I: Buddhist Foundationalism
1. Dignaga's Transformation of Buddhist Abhidharma
2. The Problems with Buddhist Foundationalism
Part II: The Reformed Epistemology of Purva Mimamsa
3. Nobody Is Seen Going to Heaven: Toward an Epistemology That Supports the Authority of the Vedas
4. Are the Vedas Are Intrinsically True? Prima Facie Justification and the Mimasaka Critique of Buddhist Foundationalism
Part III: The Metaphysical Arguments of Madhyamaka
5. A Philosophical Grammar for the Study of Madhyamaka
6. Candrakirti Against Bare Particulars: An Expression of Madhyamika Metaphysics
7. Is It Really True That Everything Is Empty? Candrakirti on Essencelessness as the Essence of Things
Conclusion: Justification and Truth, Relativism and Pragmatism: Some Lessons for Religious Studies
Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dan Arnold is assistant professor of the philosophy of religion at the University of Chicago Divinity School.