Doctrine and Argument in Indian Philosophy (Indian Thought and Culture) - Softcover

Smart, Ninian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9004094792 ISBN 13: 9789004094796

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub, 1997

Synopsis

A revised and updated edition of Ninian Smart's well-known work, long out of print, this study provides a lucid and helpful introduction to the chief systems and debates found in Indian (Hindu, Buddhist, Jain etc.) traditions of philosophy. Part 1 discusses the metaphysical systems, Buddhist metaphysics, Jain metaphysics, materialism and exegesis, distinctionism and yoga, logic-atomism, non-dualism, qualified non-dualism, dualism and qaivite doctrine, analysis of the religious factors in Indian metaphysics. Part 2 examines arguments for and against the existence of God, arguments about rebirth and the soul, epistemological questions, causation, and induction and inference.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 9004094792
• ISBN 13: 9789004094796
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 278