Vātsyāyana's commentary on the Nyāya-sūtra : a guide / Matthew R. Dasti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dasti, Matthew R., author.

Series:

Oxford guides to philosophy.

Oxford Guides to Philosophy Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nyaya.

Vātsyāyana, approximately 350-approximately 425.

Vātsyāyana.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]

Summary:

This guide provides students and researchers with a distilled, accessible understanding of the major scholarly, historical, and philosophical issues that inform the Vatsyayana's Commentary on the Nyaya-sutra while unpacking its philosophical content such that it speaks to modern readers. It also illustrates the way that the Commentary may serve as a lens to view the formative period of classical Indian philosophy.

Contents:

Cover

Half-Title

Series

Title

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Introduction: The Nyaya-sutra and the Commentary

Principles of Selection, Organization, and Translation

Outline of the Text

1. The Central Topics of Nyaya

2. Epistemology and Philosophy of Language

3. Objects of Knowledge

4. Objects of Knowledge and the Insight That Leads to the Supreme Good

5. Dialectics

Appendix A. Thematic Reading Plans and Recommended Scholarship

Appendix B. Vatsyayana's Philosophical Commitments Summarized

Appendix C. Immediate Inference, Postulation, and Contraposition: On Vatsyayana's Logical "Error"

Works Cited

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-762596-7

0-19-762594-0