Recognizing Reality: Dharmakīrti's Philosophy and Its Tibetan InterpretationsDreyfus examines the central ideas of Dharmakīrti, one of the most important Indian Buddhist philosophers, and their reception among Tibetan thinkers. During the golden age of ancient Indian civilization, Dharmakīrti articulated and defended Buddhist philosophical principles. He did so more systematically than anyone before his time (the seventh century CE) and was followed by a rich tradition of profound thinkers in India and Tibet. This work presents a detailed picture of this Buddhist tradition and its relevance to the history of human ideas. Its perspective is mostly philosophical, but it also uses historical considerations as they relate to the evolution of ideas. |
Contents
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CHAPTER 1 | 47 |
Method Epistemology and Ontological Commitments Indian | 56 |
Dharmakirtis System Dharmakirti on Momentariness Causal | 71 |
Two Definitions of Thought The Negative Nature of Conceptuality | 230 |
Are Negation and Elimination Equivalent? Objective Elimination | 250 |
Universal in the Geluk Tradition Object Universal in the Sagya | 257 |
CHAPTER 16 | 285 |
Terminology and the MindBody Problem Knowledge and Pramāņa | 296 |
Object An Intentional Interpretation The Requirement of Novelty | 310 |
Can Inference Be Valid? Dharmakirti on the Validity of | 316 |
CHAPTER 19 | 331 |
CHAPTER 4 | 83 |
Interpretation No Extended Object Can Be Real Some Extended | 103 |
and Universals Geluk Realism and Commonsense Objects Realism | 116 |
CHAPTER 6 | 127 |
Nominalism Extreme and Moderate Realisms and Their | 134 |
Predicaments Realism in India Moderate Realism in Indian | 140 |
Arguments Against Realism The Roles of Universals Universals | 151 |
Refutation of Realism Śākya Chokden on Predication Predication | 168 |
Many Arguments for Moderate Realism Subject and Predicate | 187 |
CHAPTER 11 | 205 |
Grammar and Philosophy of Language in India Dignaga on Apoha | 213 |
Dharmakirti on Concept Formation Thought and Language | 217 |
Dharmakirtis Account of Perception The Nyaya Theory of | 345 |
Dharmottara as a Commentator and an Innovator The Validity | 359 |
Perception Geluk Views of Perception Implicit and Explicit | 373 |
Sapans Critique of the New Epistemology Sapans Rejection | 389 |
Presencing of Mental States Does SelfCognition Have | 407 |
CHAPTER 27 | 422 |
Philosophy as an Education of the Mind Realism | 443 |
and Antirealism as Interpretations Philosophy as an Education | 460 |
Tibetan Sanskrit English | 563 |
Bibliography | 581 |
Author Index | 603 |
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Recognizing Reality: Dharmakirti's Philosophy and Its Tibetan Interpretations Georges B. J. Dreyfus No preview available - 1997 |
Recognizing Reality: Dharmakīrti's Philosophy and Its Tibetan Interpretations Georges B. J. Dreyfus No preview available - 1997 |
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