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Contrary thinking [electronic resource]
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Daya Krishna (1924-2007) was easily the most creative and original Indian philosopher of the second half of the 20th century. His thought and philosophical energy dominated academic Indian philosophy and determined the nature of the engagement of Indian p
| Title |
Contrary thinking [electronic resource] : selected essays of Daya Krishna / edited by Nalini Bhushan, Jay L. Garfield, and Daniel Raveh. |
|---|---|
| Publisher |
New York : Oxford University Press |
| Creation Date |
2011 |
| Notes |
Includes index. English |
| Content |
Cover Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction PART I: Entrée 1. Thinking versus Thought: Strategies for Conceptual Creativity PART II: Thinking about Thinking 2. Thinking Creatively about the Creative Act 3. Thinking with Causality about "Causality:" Reflections on a "Concept" Determining All Thought about Action and Knowledge PART III: Samvāda 4. Comparative Philosophy: What It Is and What It Ought To Be 5. Apoha and Samavāya in Kantian Perspective 6. Is "Tat Tvam Asi" the Same Type of Identity Statement as "The Morning Star Is the Evening Star?" PART IV: Vaidalya 7. Rasa : The Bane of Indian Aesthetics8. Substance: The Bane of Philosophy PART V: Negation 9. Negation: Can Philosophy Ever Recover from It? 10. Some Problems Regarding Th inking about Abhāva in the Indian Tradition PART VI: Knowledge 11. Knowledge: Whose Is It, What Is It, and Why Has It to Be "True?" 12. Definition, Deception, and the Enterprise of Knowledge PART VII: Truth 13. Madness, Reason, and Truth 14. Illusion, Hallucination, and the Problem of Truth 15. Reality, Imagination, and Truth PART VIII: Indian Philosophical Reflections 16. The "Shock-Proof," "Evidence-Proof," "Argument-Proof" World of Sāmpradāyika Scholarship of Indian Philosophy17. Can the Analysis of Adhyāsa Ever Lead to an Advaitic Conclusion? PART IX: Sruti 18. Is the Doctrine of Arthavāda Compatible with the Idea of Sruti? The Basic Dilemma for the Revelatory Texts of Any Tradition 19. The Mīmāmsāka versus the Yājñika: Some Further Problems in the Interpretation of Śruti PART X: Veda 20. Rgveda: The Mantra, the Sukta, and the Mandala, or The Rsi, the Devatā, the Chanda: The Structure of the Text and the Problems Regarding It 21. The Vedic Corpus and the Two Sutra-Texts Concerned with It: The Mīmām. sasutra and the BrahmasutraPART XI: Transgressions 22. Did the Gopīs Really Love Krsna? Some Reflections on Bhakti as a Purusārtha in the Indian Tradition 23. Reflections on an Alleged Anecdote in Śankara's Life PART XII: Free Thinking 24. Freeing Philosophy from the "Prison-House" of "I-Centricity" 25. Freedom, Reason, Ethics, and Aesthetics Envoi 26. Eros, Nomos, Logos Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V Y W |
| Extent |
1 online resource (342 p.) |
| Language |
English |
| National Library system number |
997010707464305171 |
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