The lost age of reason : philosophy in early modern India, 1450-1700 / Jonardon Ganeri.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ganeri, Jonardon, author.

Series:

Oxford history of philosophy.

Oxford history of philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Indic--History.

Philosophy, Indic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 284 pages) : map.

Other Title:

Philosophy in early modern India, 1450-1700

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ganeri tells the story of a period in intellectual history, when Indian philosophy moved into the modern era. Philosophers no longer defer to ancient authorities, but draw upon their insights to seek a true understanding of knowledge, self and reality.

Contents:

India expanding. The world and India: 1656

Dārā Shukoh: a spacious Islam

The cosmopolitan vision of Yaśovijaya Gaṇi

Navadvīpa: a place of Hindu-Muslim confluence in Bengal

Text and method. Contextualism in the study of Indian philosophical literature

Philosophers outside academies: networks

An analysis of the new reason's literary artifacts

Commentary and creativity

The possibility of inquiry. Inquiry: the history of a crisis

Challenge from the ritualists

Interventions in a new research programme

The real world. Realism in question

New foundations in the metaphysics of mathematics

Metaphysics in a different key

A new language for philosophy. The technical language assessed

Rival logics of domain restriction.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

0-19-180977-2

OCLC:

991596197