Indian Philosophy and the Consequences of Knowledge: Themes in Ethics, Metaphysics and SoteriologyThis book presents a collection of essays, setting out both the special concern of classical Indian thought and some of its potential contributions to global philosophy. It presents some key arguments made by different schools about this special concern: the way in which attainment of knowledge of reality transforms human nature in a fundamentally liberating way. It then goes on to look in detail at two areas in contemporary global philosophy - the ethics of difference, and the metaphysics of consciousness - where this classical Indian commitment to the spiritually transformative power of knowledge can lead to critical insights, even for those who do not share its presuppositions. Close reading of technical Indian texts is combined with wide-ranging and often comparative analysis of philosophical issues, to derive original arguments from the Indian material through an analytic method that is seldom mastered by philosophers of non-western traditions. |
Contents
Multiplist Metaphysics and Ethics | 1 |
On How Knowledge is Possible | 51 |
On How to Attain the Highest Good | 101 |
Parthasarathi Miśra on Jñānaśakti | 133 |
Teaching and Pure Cognition in | 147 |
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Advaita Advaitins affinity argue argument ascription assertion ātman attainment awareness Bhāṭṭa brahman Buddha Buddhist claim classical Indian cognizedness commitment conception of liberation conditionality conflict consciousness studies consequences constituted contemporary contradiction cultural debate Dharmakīrti Dignāga embodiment engagement enlightened entity epistemic ethical existence first-order cognition function Gangesa grasp heterology highest idea incompatible Indian philosophy Indian thought intentional intentionality interpretation intrinsic introspection intuition issue Jaina Jainism Kamalaśīla knowledge Kumārila luminosity Madhyamaka Mahāvīra Mahāyāna means mental metaphysics Mīmāmsā Mīmāmsakas mode multiplism multiplist Naiyāyikas nature non-cognitive non-violence not-p notion Nyāya object occurrence ontology Pārthasarathi perception phenomenal phenomenological philosophical physical physicalist pluralism possible potency potential Prabhakara pure cognition reality reflexivity relationship requires ritual action sacred Sankara Śāntarakṣita schema schools second-order cognition seek sense simply soteriological SP theories specific Śrī Harṣa subordinate Sureśvara syādvāda teaching texts things toleration tradition transcendental truth ultimate understanding Vedic violence Yogācāra