The Vindication of the World
Essays Engaging with Stephen Phillips
1st Edition
Published on 28. June 2024
250 pages
978-1-040-08779-4 (ISBN)
Description
Stephen Phillips has devoted his career to excavating some of the most valuable gems of Indian philosophy and bringing them into conversation with contemporary thought. This volume honors him and follows his lead by continuing his lifelong project: faithfully interpreting Sanskrit texts to think along with their authors about ideas that still perplex us today.
It features ten new essays focusing on epistemology, logic, and metaphysics from outstanding philosophers and scholars of Sanskrit philosophy, with contributions varying in methodology: both historical and cross-cultural. Further, in addition to essays on Nyaya and Advaita Vedanta, it engages with Navya-Nyaya ("new Nyaya"), an important but understudied part of Indian philosophy. Through these investigations, in conversation with Phillips's groundbreaking work, the contributors show the value of cross-cultural engagement for philosophical progress.
The Vindication of the World will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working in Indian philosophy, comparative philosophy, and, more generally, epistemology, logic, and metaphysics.
It features ten new essays focusing on epistemology, logic, and metaphysics from outstanding philosophers and scholars of Sanskrit philosophy, with contributions varying in methodology: both historical and cross-cultural. Further, in addition to essays on Nyaya and Advaita Vedanta, it engages with Navya-Nyaya ("new Nyaya"), an important but understudied part of Indian philosophy. Through these investigations, in conversation with Phillips's groundbreaking work, the contributors show the value of cross-cultural engagement for philosophical progress.
The Vindication of the World will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working in Indian philosophy, comparative philosophy, and, more generally, epistemology, logic, and metaphysics.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
2 Tables, black and white
ISBN-13
978-1-040-08779-4 (9781040087794)
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Essays Engaging with Stephen Phillips
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Persons
Malcolm Keating is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Smith College, Massachusetts. He is the author of Reason in an Uncertain World: Nyaya Philosophers on Argumentation and Living Well (2024), Classical Sanskrit for Everyone: A Guide for Absolute Beginners (2024), Language, Meaning, and Use in Indian Philosophy: Mukula Bha??a's Fundamentals of the Communicative Function (2019), and editor of Controversial Reasoning in Indian Philosophy: Major Texts and Arguments on Arthapatti (2020).
Matthew R. Dasti is Professor of Philosophy at Bridgewater State University. He is author of Vatsyayana's Commentary on the Nyaya-sutra: A Guide (2023) and, with Stephen Phillips, coauthor of The Nyaya-sutra: Selections with Early Commentaries (2017) and God and the World's Arrangement (2021). He is also the co-editor of Free Will, Agency, and Selfhood in Indian Philosophy (2014) and has published numerous articles in scholarly journals.
Matthew R. Dasti is Professor of Philosophy at Bridgewater State University. He is author of Vatsyayana's Commentary on the Nyaya-sutra: A Guide (2023) and, with Stephen Phillips, coauthor of The Nyaya-sutra: Selections with Early Commentaries (2017) and God and the World's Arrangement (2021). He is also the co-editor of Free Will, Agency, and Selfhood in Indian Philosophy (2014) and has published numerous articles in scholarly journals.
Content
Introduction Part 1: Early and Classical Indian Philosophy 1. Following Phillips's Lead: Fallacies, Critical Thinking, and Contemplation Matthew Dasti and Malcolm Keating 2. Seven to One: Fusing Vaise?ika's Categories with Abhidharma Ontology Mark Siderits 3. Is Indian Epistemology Externalist? John Taber 4. Udayana on the Indefinability of Distinctness Nilanjan Das Part 2: Ga?gesa and Navya-Nyaya 5. Ga?gesa and the Gettier Problem Joel Feldman 6. In Search of Certification Anand Jayprakash Vaidya 7. Is Nyaya Disjunctivist? The Ontology of Illusion Jonardon Ganeri 8. The Nyaya on Truth J. L. Shaw Part 3: Advaita Vedanta 9. Metaphors for Maya: Philosophical Illustrations in Sa?kara's Advaita Vedanta Neil Dalal 10. Phillips's Points and Padmapada's Possible Defense Nirmalya Guha
