Theory of Value

Theory of Value
Author: Roy W. Perrett
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 355
Release: 2013-10-15
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1135703507

First Published in 2001. While classical Indian philosophy is incredibly rich in rigorous discussion s of topics in epistemology, logic and metaphysics, comparable discussions in the area s of ethics, politics and aesthetics were not as extensive as might have been expected. The selections in this volume discuss Indian treatments of topics in the theory of value like the proper ends of life, the relation of dharma and moksa, liberation and pleasure, the sources of our knowledge of right and wrong, the ethics of non-violence, the status of the supra-moral. egoism and altruism, the theory of rasa, aesthetic experience and catharsis.

Indian Philosophy and the Consequences of Knowledge

Indian Philosophy and the Consequences of Knowledge
Author: Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2007
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780754654568

This 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.

Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies

Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies
Author: Karl H. Potter
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Total Pages: 738
Release: 1995
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9788120803084

This constitues the first volume of the series. It indicates the scope of the project and provides a list of sources which will be surveyed in the sebsequent volumes, as well as provide a guide to secondary literature for further study of Indian Philosophy. It lists in relative chronological order, Sanskrit and Tamil works. All known editions and translations into European languages are cited; where puplished versions of the text are not known a guide to the location of manuscripts of the work is provided.

A Conceptual-analytic Study of Classical Indian Philosophy of Morals

A Conceptual-analytic Study of Classical Indian Philosophy of Morals
Author: Rajendra Prasad
Publisher: Concept Publishing Company
Total Pages: 496
Release: 2008
Genre: Ethics
ISBN: 9788180695445

Using recontructive ideas available in classical Indian original works, this book makes a departure in the style of modern writings on Indian moral philosophy. It presents Indian ethics, in an objective, secular, and wherever necessary, critical manner as a systematic, down-to-earth, philosophical account of moral values, virtues, rights and obligations. It thereby refutes the claim that Indian philosophy has no ethics as well as the counter-claim that it transcends ethics. It demonstrates that moral living proves that the individual, his society and the world are really real and not only taken to be real for behavioral purposes as the Advaitins hold, the self is amoral being a non-agent, moksa is not a moral value, and the Karmic theory, because of involving belief in rebirth, does not fuarantee that the doer of an action is also the experiencer of its results, contrary to what is commonly held, and Indian ethics can sustain itself even if such notions are dropped. Rajendra Prasad calls Indian ethics organismic because, along with ethical concerns, it also covers issues related to professions, politics, administration, sex, environment, etc. Therefore, in one format it is theoretical and applied, normative and metaethical, humanistic and non-humanistic, etc., of course, within the limits of the then cognitive enquiry.

The Indian Mind

The Indian Mind
Author: Charles A. Moore
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
Total Pages: 474
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 8120832795

The question, according to George P. Conger, noted authority on Indian philosophy, is not so much whether India can contribute as to whether the West is ready to receive. Here, in selected essays from the proceedings of the East-West philosophers' Conferences, is an examination by world authorities of one of the oldest, richest, most complicated, and most profound philosophical traditions of all time. The intimate relationship in the Indian perspective between philosophy and life is revealed. Common misunderstandings concerning Indian philosophy are exposed, and the marked kinship between India and the West is emphasized. The essays which comprise this book, since they are technical in themselves and written by experts in their special areas, meet the needs of the educated reader generally, as well as the technical expert.

Reason, Revelation and Peace

Reason, Revelation and Peace
Author: Ashok Vohra
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2020-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 8120842758

Professor k. Satchidananda Murty, one of modern India’s leading philosophers, passed away in his native village of Sangamjagarlamudi in Andhra Pradesh in 2011, after a stellar career during which he advanced knowledge rather than opinion. The Indian Philosophical community, and especially Ashok Vohra, is to be congratulated for producing a dynamic engagement with philosophy. I had known Murty for more than twenty years. I interacted with him several times. When I once asked him where he stood philosophically, he was candid enough to say that he ‘Oscillates between Sankar and Ramanuja’. The essays in this book amply demonstrate that he was a man of many parts but as the allusion to his mystical experiences in his book The Realm of Between reveals, he was also more than the sum of his parts; that while willing to transcend the limits of reason when required. Thus ‘revelation and reason’ characterize not just the title of one of his famous books but in a sense, his life, and this fact renders this collection uniquely relevant for our times. I therefore enthusiastically recommend this book not only to all those interested in the philosophy of Professor Murty, or in Indian Philosophy, or in philosophy in general but to all those interested in contemporary philosophy in the broadest sense.

The Early Philosophy of Daya Krishna

The Early Philosophy of Daya Krishna
Author: Ramesh Chandra Pradhan
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2021-05-11
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9811623015

This book deals with the philosophy of Daya Krishna, an Indian philosopher of the twentieth century. It discusses the central issues in Daya Krishna’s early philosophy as a synthesis of the Indian and Western philosophical methods. It presents problems of the past and the present in a holistic frame of creative philosophizing. It provides a glimpse into the issues human beings face in all vital areas of human civilization. It discusses the nature of philosophy and the philosophical method in Daya Krishna’s syncretic philosophy. Issues such as self and freedom and ethics and religion are explored in the chapters. It is of interest to those who are engaged with Indian philosophy and Indian philosophers of the twentieth century and especially to those whose interest lies in understanding the cultural East and its philosophical responses to the cultural West.

Human Values: the Tagorean Panorama

Human Values: the Tagorean Panorama
Author: Chakraborty S K
Publisher: New Age International
Total Pages: 406
Release: 1996
Genre: Brahmanism
ISBN: 9788122405248

``Rabindranath Tagores Epic Life Spanned The Last Four Decades Of The 19Th Century And The First Four Of The 20Th. Possibly The Most Versatile Aesthetic Genius India Has Produced, He Was A School Dropout Who Became In 1913 The First Asian To Be Awarded The Nobel Prize For Literature For English Translations Of His Own Poems, Gitanjali(``Offerings Of Song``).But The Fine Arts Were Not His Sole Concern. Tagore Was Deeply Involved In The Swadeshi And Freedom Movements. The Appellative``Mahatma``By Which Gandhi Is Known World-Wide Was Given To Him By His Respected Mentor Tagore. Whom He Addressed As``Gurudev``. Subhas Bose And Nehru Had Profound Admiration For Him. In Protest Against The Jalianwala Bagh Atrocities He Relinquished The Knighthood Conferred Upon Him By The British Government.He Was A Pioneer In Experimenting With Grassroots Co-Operatives For Rural Reconstruction. Aworid-Wide Traveller, He Conceived Of A Universal University (Vishva Bharati) At Shantiniketan As A Meeting Ground Of The Best Of The East And The West To Develop The Complete Man. Tagore Is The Only Poet Whose Compositions Have Been Chosen By Two Countries As Their National Anthems: India Andbangladesh.``