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Indian philosophy : an introduction to Hindu and Buddhist thought / Richard King

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, ©1999Description: xvi, 263 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0878407561
  • 9780878407569
  • 0748609547
  • 9780748609543
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Indian philosophy.DDC classification:
  • ARCH YNDC 181.4 K52I  21
LOC classification:
  • B131 .K49 1999
Contents:
India and the history of philosophy -- Can philosophy be Indian? -- The varieties of Hindu philosophy -- Buddhist philosophy in India -- Ontology: what really exists? -- Epistemology: how do we know what we know? -- Perception: do we see things as they are? -- Consciousness and the body: what are we? -- Creation and causality: where do we come from? -- Philosophy in a post-colonial world
Summary: Introduces the main schools of Hindu and Buddhist thought, emphasizing the living history of interaction and debate between the various traditions, while outlining the broad spectrum of Indian philosophical schools and questioning prevailing assumptions about the "mythical," ahistorical, and "theological" nature of Indian thought
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Archives Archives SAIACS Archives Room Yandell Collection ARCH YNDC 181.4 K52I (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 063367

Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-254) and index

India and the history of philosophy -- Can philosophy be Indian? -- The varieties of Hindu philosophy -- Buddhist philosophy in India -- Ontology: what really exists? -- Epistemology: how do we know what we know? -- Perception: do we see things as they are? -- Consciousness and the body: what are we? -- Creation and causality: where do we come from? -- Philosophy in a post-colonial world

Introduces the main schools of Hindu and Buddhist thought, emphasizing the living history of interaction and debate between the various traditions, while outlining the broad spectrum of Indian philosophical schools and questioning prevailing assumptions about the "mythical," ahistorical, and "theological" nature of Indian thought

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