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Doctrine and Argument in Indian Philosophy
Series: - Indian Thought, Volume: 4
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A revised and updated edition of Ninian Smart's well-known work, long out of print, this study provides a lucid and helpful introduction to the chief systems and debates found in Indian (Hindu, Buddhist, Jain etc.) traditions of philosophy.
Part 1 discusses the metaphysical systems, Buddhist metaphysics, Jain metaphysics, materialism and exegesis, distinctionism and yoga, logic-atomism, non-dualism, qualified non-dualism, dualism and Śaivite doctrine, analysis of the religious factors in Indian metaphysics.
Part 2 examines arguments for and against the existence of God, arguments about rebirth and the soul, epistemological questions, causation, and induction and inference.
Part 1 discusses the metaphysical systems, Buddhist metaphysics, Jain metaphysics, materialism and exegesis, distinctionism and yoga, logic-atomism, non-dualism, qualified non-dualism, dualism and Śaivite doctrine, analysis of the religious factors in Indian metaphysics.
Part 2 examines arguments for and against the existence of God, arguments about rebirth and the soul, epistemological questions, causation, and induction and inference.
'The book is brilliantly written, with exhaustive treatment of chosen topics from different angles...the book may serve to stimulate further discussion on topics of Indian philosophy in contemporary philosophical idiom...'
Karel Werner, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1994.
Karel Werner, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1994.
students and scholars of Indian philosophy.
