Perception: An Essay on Classical Indian Theories of Knowledge (Clarendon Paperbacks) - Softcover

Matilal, Bimal Krishna

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198239769 ISBN 13: 9780198239765

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, 1992

Synopsis

This book is a defence of a form of realism which stands closest to that upheld by the Nyaya-Vaisesika school in classical India. The author presents the Nyaya view and critically examines it against that of its traditional opponent, the Buddhist version of phenomenalism and idealism. His reconstruction of Nyaya arguments meets not only traditional Buddhist objections but also those of modern sense-data representationalists. The dispute between the Buddhist and Nayaya schools of thought lasted over 12 centuries, and although Professor Matilal's approach is mainly historical, it is made in the belief that the philosophical issues raised by this dispute are universal, rather than simply traditional, and have a significant contribution to make to modern philosophical concerns.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198239769
• ISBN 13: 9780198239765
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 454