Realisms interlinked : objects, subjects, and other subjects / Arindam Chakrabarti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chakrabarti, Arindam, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Realism.

Object (Philosophy).

Knowledge, Theory of.

Metaphysics.

Philosophy of mind.

Philosophy, Indic.

Physical Description:

viii, 341 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.

Summary:

"This book brings together over 25 years of Arindam Chakrabarti's original research in East-West 'fusion' philosophy on issues of epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy of mind. Organized under the three basic concepts of a thing out there in the world, the self who perceives it, and other subjects or selves, his work revolves around a set of realism links. Examining connections between metaphysical stances toward the world, selves, and universals, Chakrabarti engages with classical Indian and modern Western philosophical approaches to a number of live topics including the refutation of idealism; the question of the definability of truth, and the possibility of truths existing unknown to anyone; the existence of non-conceptual perception; and our knowledge of other minds. He additionally makes forays into fundamental questions regarding death, darkness, absence, and nothingness. Together with conceptual clarification and progress towards alternative solutions to these substantial philosophical problems, Chakrabarti demonstrates the advantage of doing philosophy in a cosmopolitan fashion. Beginning with an analysis of the concept of a thing, and ending with an analysis of the concept of nothing, Realisms Interlinked offers a preview of a future metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of mind without borders"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

I touch what I saw

Non-particular individuals

On perceiving properties

Seeing daffodils, seeing as daffodils, and seeing things called "daffodils"

Truth, recognition of truth, and thoughtless realism

Idealist refutations of idealism

Externality, difference and inherence

Is this a dream?

The object to the verb : the case of the accusative

On referring to the first person

The self at other times and in other bodies

Does self awareness turn the self into an object?

In defense of an inner sense

Our knowledge and error about our own cognitions

Fictionalism about the mental

Nyāya proofs for the existence of the self

Knowing you from the bridge

The grammar of knowing the other

Knowing from the words of others

Can another person teach me what it means?

Shadows of ignorance

Concept possession, sense experience and knowledge of a language

On what there will be

Is there a world out there? God knows!

Absence, non-existence and other negative things.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Chakrabarti, Arindam. Realisms interlinked.

ISBN:

9781350044463

1350044466

OCLC:

1044813686