Indian philosophy and the consequences of knowledge : themes in ethics, metaphysics and soteriology / Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ram-Prasad, Chakravarthi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Indic.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 p.)

Edition:

1

Place of Publication:

Taylor and Francis 2016

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 know

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Multiplist Metaphysics and Ethics; 2 Consciousness and Luminosity: On How Knowledge is Possible; 3 Knowledge and Action: On How to Attain the Highest Good; 4 Liberation without Annihilation: Parthasarathi Misra on Jnanasakti; 5 Conceptuality in Question: Teaching and Pure Cognition in Yogacara-Madhyamaka; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-168) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-58830-7

1-317-11743-3

1-317-11742-5

1-281-09923-6

9786611099237

0-7546-8676-0

9781315588308

OCLC:

427565634