Dharmakīrti's theory of inference revaluation and reconstruction /

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Author / Creator:Prasad, Rajendra, 1926-
Imprint:New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Description:xliii, 257 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Subject:Dharmakīrti, -- active 7th century. -- Nyāyabindu.
Dharmottara. -- Nyāyabinduṭīkā.
Nyāyabindu (Dharmakīrti)
Nyāyabinduṭīkā (Dharmottara)
Inference.
Buddhist logic.
Buddhist logic.
Inference.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4974813
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Varying Form of Title:Theory of inference revaluation and reconstruction
ISBN:0195657845
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [250]-253) and index.
Summary:Study of Nyāyabindu of Dharmakīrti, 7th cent. and its commentary Nyāyabinduṭīkā of Dharmottara.
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Introduction
  • Ch. 2. Knowledge and Human Ends
  • Ch. 3. Division of Inference (Anumana) into Inference for Oneself (Svarthanumana) and Inference for Someone Else (Pararthanumana)
  • Ch. 4. Inference for Oneself (Svarthanumana)
  • Ch. 5. Non-cognition as Logical Reason (Anupalabdhi Hetu)
  • Ch. 6. Forms of Inference Using Non-cognition (Anupalabdhi) as Logical Reason (Hetu)
  • Ch. 7. Identity as Logical Reason (Svabhava Hetu)
  • Ch. 8. Effect as Logical Reason (Karya Hetu)
  • Ch. 9. Some Problems in Proving the Completeness of Dharmakirti's Theory of Inference
  • Ch. 10. Inference for Someone Else (Pararthanumana)
  • Ch. 11. The Role of Example (Drstanta)
  • Ch. 12. Inference for Someone Else and Aristotelian Syllogism
  • Ch. 13. Inference for Someone Else and the Deductive-Inductive Distinction
  • Ch. 14. Impermissible Inferences
  • Ch. 15. Concluding Overview.