
Perception
An Essay on Classical Indian Theories of Knowledge
Bimal Krishna Matilal(Author)
Clarendon Press
Published on 19. December 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
456 pages
978-0-19-823976-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book is a defence of a form of realism which stands closest to that upheld by the Nyaya-Vai^d'sesika school in classical India. The author presents the Nyaya view and critically examines it against that of its traditional opponent, the Buddhist version of phenomenalism and idealism. His reconstruction of Nyaya arguments meets not only traditional Buddhist objections but also those of modern sense-data representationalists.
Reviews / Votes
`His approach has the enormous merit of providing for the possibility of fruitfully approaching the contributions on Indian thinkers as seminal material for contemporary philosophical inquiry ... part of the intellectual excitement of reading the book is in the many possibilities for future philosophical research that it opens up.'Journal of Asian StudiesMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 217 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
485 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-823976-5 (9780198239765)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Died 1991
Author
late Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics and Fellowlate Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics and Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford