Lexington Books
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978-0-7391-2276-1 • Hardback • May 2010 • $147.00 • (£113.00)
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Kisor Kumar Chakrabarti is professor and chair of religion and philosophy and distinguished scholar in residence at Davis and Elkins College. He is author of The Logic of Gotama, Definition and Induction, Classical Indian Philosophy of Mind, and Introduction to Hinduism and Buddhism.
Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Acknowledgements and Abbreviations
Chapter 3 1. The Problem of Induction: East and West
Chapter 4 2. The Later Nyaya Solution
Chapter 5 3. The Method of Generalization (Vyaptigrahopayah)
Chapter 6 4. Counterfactual Reasoning (Tarkah)
Chapter 7 5. Universal Based Extraordinary Perception (Samanyalaksanapratyaksa)
Chapter 8 6. Earlier Views of Adjuncts (Upadhivadah)
Chapter 9 7. The Accepted View of Adjuncts (Upadhivadasiddhantah
Chapter 10 8. Classification of Adjuncts (Upadhivibhagah)
Chapter 11 9. Sriharsa's Khandanakhandakhndyam on Pervasion
Chapter 12 10. Selected Passages from Prabhacandra'sPrameyakamalamartanda on Critique of Pervasion and Inference
Chapter 13 11. Selections from Dharmakirti's Nyayabindu on Non-Perception as a Probans
Chapter 14 Selected Bibliography
One of the primary virtues of this book is its thoughtful organization. . . [T]his volume is accessible to those unfamiliar with classical Indian epistemology (pramāṇa-śāstra) and will be a tremendous resource to specialists and nonspecialists alike.
— Philosophy East and West
Chakrabarti demonstrates convincingly that Indian philosophical analyses of induction out-distance and often chronologically anticipate Western treatments. Furthermore, he shows that the problem of the justification of induction is more satisfactorily solved in Indian than in contemporary analytic philosophy.
— Karl H. Potter, University of Washington
This is an erudite philosophical exploration of Nyaya logic and epistemology, with special attention to Nyaya theories of induction. This volume will be essential reading for anyone interested in classical Indian philosophy, but also for those who care about the continued vitality of the Nyaya school and the relevance of the Indian tradition to contemporary philosophical problems.
— Jay Garfield, Smith College