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Item Code: IDH167by Sibajiban BhattacharyyaHardcover (Edition: 1996)Indian Council of Philosophical Research ISBN 8185636222 Size: 8.5" X 5.5" Pages: 154 Weight of the Book: 295 gms |
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times since 2nd Jan, 2012In this Part One of Gangesa's Theory of Indeterminate Perception, Nirvikalpakavada, I have tried to analyse and explain the concepts used in Gangesa's text, translated in Part Two. I have also explained some basic concepts of Navya-Nyaya, but I have not attempted to give a comprehensive account of Navya-Nyaya concepts and techniques. In philosophically discussing the Navya-Nyaya theories, I have often included Western theories; but in some special cases, where I am not aware of Western positions, I have explained rival Indian theories. In these chapters, this book presupposes some acquintance with Indian philosophical theories.
In this work I have incorporated with minor modifications papers already published. In Chapter one, I have included portions of my paper, 'Some features of the technical language of Navya-Nyaya' published in Philosophy East & West (April, 1990), and of 'Some principles and concepts of Navya-Nyaya logic and ontology' from my book, Doubt Belief and Knowledge (Chapter 16), (Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi 1987). In Chapter Three of this book, I have incorporated portions of Chapters 17 and 18, of that book. In chapter four, I have incorporated portions of my paper in Philosophy East & West.
Even though discussions of some of topics are in the context of Indian theories, I have, this book will be useful for general readers of philosophy.
I thank the Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi, for full financial support for preparation of the manuscript.
| viii | ||
| Introduction | ix-x | |
| Chapter One: | ||
| The Navya-Nyaya theory of cognition | 1-43 | |
| 1 | Introduction | 1-4 |
| 2 | Nature of cognition | 4-5 |
| 3 | Duration of cognitive mental states | 5-14 |
| 4 | Classification of cognitions | 14-15 |
| 5 | Some ontological remarks A. Collective and abstract terms B. Adjectives | 15-18 15-17 15-18 |
| 6 | The Navya-Nyaya theory of the self | 18-23 |
| 7 | The Navya-Nyaya concept of the individual | 24-25 |
| 8 | Kinds of perception | 25-33 |
| 9 | Purva-Mimamsa theory of cognition | 34-35 |
| 10 | Analysis of recognition | 35-36 |
| 11 | Navya-Nyaya theory of true cognition | 36-39 |
| 12 | Different forms of determinate cognition | 39-43 |
| Chapter Two: | ||
| Some basic concepts of Navya-Nyaya | 44-56 | |
| 1 | Relation | 44-45 |
| 2 | The concept of cause | 45-47 |
| 3 | Theory of causation in Navya-Nyaya | 48-50 |
| 4 | Singular and general causation | 50-54 |
| 5 | Technique of expressing generality | 54-56 |
| Chapter Three: | ||
| Navya-Nyaya theory of inference | 57-90 | |
| 1 | Some features of the Navya-Nyaya theory of inference | 57-60 |
| 2 | Navya-Nyaya inference for one's sake | 60-63 |
| 3 | Structure of inference | 63-65 |
| 4 | Navya-Nyaya and Western theories of inference | 65-66 |
| 5 | Expressing Navya-Nyaya inference in English | 65-90 |
| A. Some general observation | 65-81 | |
| B. Pervasion | 81-83 | |
| (a) Pervasion and generalization | 81-83 | |
| (b) Possibility of the psychological process of generalization | 83-85 | |
| (i) The Purva-Mimamsa theory | 83-83 | |
| (ii) The N-N theory | 83-85 | |
| (c) The N-N theory of tarka | 85-90 | |
| (d) The Carvaka theory | 88-90 | |
| Chapter Four: | ||
| Some term of he technical language of Navya-Nyaya | 91-93 | |
| 1 | Introduction | 91-93 |
| 2 | The Navya-Nyaya theory | 93-94 |
| 3 | The Navya-Nyaya technique | 94-95 |
| (i) Abstraction | 94-95 | |
| (ii) Determiner-determined | 95-95 | |
| 4 | The Concept of limitor | 95-108 |
| (i) Ontological Reasons | 100-102 | |
| (ii) Epistemological Reasons | 102-104 | |
| (iii) Meaning of 'all' | 105-108 | |
| (iv) Meaning of 'one' | 108-108 | |
| 5 | Use of limitors in the Navya-Nyaya theory of pervasion | 10-114 |
| Chapter Five: | ||
| Some aspects of the Navya-Nyaya theory of language | 115-152 | |
| 1 | Concept of language | 115-117 |
| 2 | Navya-Nyaya theory of language | 117-118 |
| 3 | Sanskrit as the object language | 118-121 |
| 4 | Divine origin of language | 121-123 |
| 5 | Theories of language learning and theories of meaning | 123-123 |
| 6 | Language as a means of communication | 123-124 |
| 7 | Ontology of spoken language | 124-126 |
| 8 | An ontological problem concerning meaning | 127-130 |
| 9 | The Navya-Nyaya theory of meaning | 130-131 |
| 10 | The Navya-Nyaya theory of word-meaning | 131-135 |
| 11 | The import of sentences | 135-136 |
| 12 | cognition of sentence-meaning | 136-140 |
| 13 | Jagadisa's theory of word occurring in a sentence | 140 |
| 14 | Gadadhara's theory of word-meaning | 141-144 |
| 15 | Gadadhara's theory of anaphora | 144-152 |
| Bibliography | 152-154 |
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