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11Indian PhilosophersIn Robert L. Arrington (ed.), A Companion to the Philosophers, Wiley-blackwell. 1991.As is the case with most pre‐modern philosophers of India, very little historical information is available about Bhartṛ‐hari. There are many interesting legends, some turned into extensive plays and poems, current about him. However, it is impossible to determine on their basis even whether there was only one philosopher called Bhartṛ‐hari. The appellation “philosopher” could unquestionably be applied to the author or authors of at least two Sanskrit works that are commonly ascribed to Bhartṛ‐ha…Read more
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15What the Buddha Thought, by Richard Gombrich. London: Equinox. 2009. Pp. xvi + 239. Hardback: £55.00/$95.00; paperback: £16.99/$27.95 (review)Buddhist Studies Review 30 (1): 129-136. 2013.
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21Some Remarks on the Apparent Absence of a priori Reasoning in Indian PhilosophyJournal of Indian Philosophy 50 (5): 785-801. 2022.This essays considers the hypothesis that Indian epistemology does not clearly recognize, let alone emphasize, an intellectual faculty that apprehends intelligible things, such as essences or “truths of reason,” or elevate knowledge of such things to a status higher than that of sense perception. Evidence for this hypothesis from various sources, including Sāṃkhya, Yoga, Nyāya, and Buddhist logic-epistemological writings, is examined. Special attention is given to a passage from Kumārila’s _Ślok…Read more
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33Philosophical Implications of Dhvani: Experience of Symbol Language in Indian AestheticsPhilosophy East and West 37 (4): 462-464. 1987.
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17Reason, revelation and idealism in?a $$\dot n$$ kara's Ved?ntaJournal of Indian Philosophy 9 (3): 283-307. 1981.
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18The Self and What Lies Beyond the Self: Remarks on Ganeri's ‘Mental Time Travel and Attention’Australasian Philosophical Review 1 (4): 395-405. 2017.ABSTRACTI believe that Jonardon Ganeri, in his essay ‘Mental Time Travel and Attention’ together with his book The Self, develops a plausible and attractive account of the self as a mere ‘sense of ownership’ that accompanies our experiences or a ‘discrete cognitive system whose function is to implicate the self in the content of memory,’ but which needn't refer to anything. Objections that might be raised from a Strawsonian perspective are not, I believe, decisive. Nevertheless, even though Gane…Read more
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14Hermeneutics and Language in Pūrva Mīmāṃsā: A Study in Sābara BhāṣyaPhilosophy East and West 35 (2): 215. 1985.
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25Advaitasiddhi vs. Nyāyāmṛta: An Up-to-Date Critical ReappraisalAdvaitasiddhi vs. Nyayamrta: An Up-to-Date Critical ReappraisalJournal of the American Oriental Society 117 (1): 223. 1997.
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91This essay considers why English-speaking scholars have been inclined to engage Indian philosophical materials “philosophically,” as opposed to purely historically. That is to say, they have tended to ask questions about the philosophical significance and even validity of the theories they encounter in Indian philosophical writings, often approaching them critically in the way philosophers assess contemporary philosophical ideas. I first attempt to explain how this phenomenon has come about. The…Read more
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290Is indian logic nonmonotonic?Philosophy East and West 54 (2): 143-170. 2004.: Claus Oetke, in his "Ancient Indian Logic as a Theory of Non-monotonic Reasoning," presents a sweeping new interpretation of the early history of Indian logic. His main proposal is that Indian logic up until Dharmakirti was nonmonotonic in character-similar to some of the newer logics that have been explored in the field of Artificial Intelligence, such as default logic, which abandon deductive validity as a requirement for formally acceptable arguments; Dharmakirti, he suggests, was the first…Read more
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40Much Ado about Nothing: Kumārila, Śāntarakṣita, and Dharmakīrti on the Cognition of Non-Being (review)Journal of the American Oriental Society 121 (1): 72-88. 2001.
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32Perspectives on Nyāya Logic and EpistemologyPerspectives on Nyaya Logic and EpistemologyJournal of the American Oriental Society 111 (1): 207. 1991.
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61This is a translation of the chapter on perception by Kumarilabhatta's magnum opus, the Slokavarttika , which is one of the central texts of the Hindu response to the criticism of the logical-epistemological school of Buddhist thought. It is crucial for understanding the debates between Hindus and Buddhists about metaphysical, epistemological and linguistic questions during the classical period. In an extensive commentary, the author explains the course of the argument from verse to verse and al…Read more
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47The Philosophical Evaluation of Religious ExperienceInternational Journal for Philosophy of Religion 19 (1/2). 1986.
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20Epiphanie des Heils: zur Heilsgegenwart in indischer und christlicher Religion: Arbeitsdokumentation eines SymposiumsJournal of the American Oriental Society 105 (4): 792. 1985.
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24Studies on the Doctrine of TrairūpyaStudies on the Doctrine of TrairupyaJournal of the American Oriental Society 115 (4): 697. 1995.
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79Kumārila’s BuddhistJournal of Indian Philosophy 38 (3): 279-296. 2010.The pūrvapakṣa of the Śūnyavāda chapter of Kumārila’s Ślokavārttika (vv. 10-63) is the longest continuous statement of a Buddhist position in that work. Philosophically, this section is of considerable interest in that the arguments developed for the thesis that the form ( ākāra ) in cognition belongs to the cognition, not to an external object, are cleverly constructed. Historically, it is of interest in that it represents a stage of thinking about the two-fold nature of cognition and the prove…Read more
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6This is a translation of the chapter on perception of Kumarilabhatta's magnum opus, the Slokavarttika, one of the central texts of the Hindu response to the criticism of the logical-epistemological school of Buddhist thought. In an extensive commentary, the author explains the course of the argument from verse to verse and alludes to other theories of classical Indian philosophy and other technical matters. Notes to the translation and commentary go further into the historical and philosophical …Read more
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31The theory of the sentence in Pūrva Mīmāṃsā and Western philosophyJournal of Indian Philosophy 17 (4): 407-430. 1989.
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15Nachgelassene Werke, II: Philosophische Texte des HinduismusJournal of the American Oriental Society 116 (4): 747. 1996.
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35Freedom through Inner Renunciation: Sannkara's Philosophy in a New LightJournal of the American Oriental Society 123 (3): 692. 2003.