Samavāya and the Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika Realism

Samavāya and the Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika Realism
Author: Tushar Kanti Bhattacharya
Publisher:
Total Pages: 168
Release: 1994
Genre: Nyaya
ISBN:

Study of the fundamentals of Nyaya and VaisesĐika philosophy, with special reference to Samavaya (inherence) one of the six catagories of the system.

Handbook of Indian Psychology

Handbook of Indian Psychology
Author: K. Ramakrishna Rao
Publisher: Foundation Books
Total Pages: 676
Release: 2008
Genre: Psychology
ISBN:

Indian psychology is a distinct psychological tradition rooted in the native Indian ethos. It manifests in the multitude of practices prevailing in the Indian subcontinent for centuries. Unlike the mainstream psychology, Indian psychology is not overwhelmingly materialist-reductionist in character. It goes beyond the conventional third-person forms of observation to include the study of first-person phenomena such as subjective experience in its various manifestations and associated cognitive phenomena. It does not exclude the investigation of extraordinary states of consciousness and exceptional human abilities. The quintessence of Indian nature is its synthetic stance that results in a magical bridging of dichotomies such as natural and supernatural, secular and sacred, and transactional and transcendental. The result is a psychology that is practical, positive, holistic and inclusive. The Handbook of Indian Psychology is an attempt to explore the concepts, methods and models of psychology systematically from the above perspective. The Handbook is the result of the collective efforts of more than thirty leading international scholars with interdisciplinary backgrounds. In thirty-one chapters, the authors depict the nuances of classical Indian thought, discuss their relevance to contemporary concerns, and draw out the implications and applications for teaching, research and practice of psychology.

Vaiśeṣika-sūtra of Kaṇāda

Vaiśeṣika-sūtra of Kaṇāda
Author: Kaṇāda
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003
Genre: Philosophy, Indic
ISBN: 9788124602294

This Book Presents A Lucid English Translation Of The Vaisesika-Sutra Of Kanada, Termed The Earliest Exposition On Physics In Indian Philosophy And The Textual Basis For The Nyaya-Vaisesika And Navya-Nyaya Systems Of Thought. The Translation Retains The Feel Of The Original Sutras Even While Conveying The Intended Meaning Accurately And With Clarity.

Classical Indian Philosophy of Mind

Classical Indian Philosophy of Mind
Author: Kisor Kumar Chakrabarti
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2016-03-22
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0791498670

This book examines psycho-physical dualism as developed by the Nyāya school of Indian philosophy. Dualism is important to many world religions which promote personal immortality and to morality which promotes free will. For the Nyāya, the self is a permanent, immaterial substance to which non-physical internal states like cognition belong. This view is challenged by other Indian schools, especially the Buddhist and Cārvāka schools. Chakrabarti brings out the connections between the Indian and the Western debates over the mind-body problem and shows that the Nyāya position is well developed, well articulated, and defensible. He shows that Nyāya dualism differs from Cartesian dualism and is not vulnerable to some traditional objections against the latter. A brief discussion of the Sāṃkhya and the Advaita theories of the self and the critique of these views from the Nyāya standpoint are included, as well as a discussion of a classical Nyāya causal argument for the existence of God. The appendix contains an annotated translation of selected portions of Udayana's masterpiece, Ātmatattvaviveka (Discerning the Nature of the Self.)

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.