ABSTRACT

The History of Indian Philosophy is a comprehensive and authoritative examination of the movements and thinkers that have shaped Indian philosophy over the last three thousand years. An outstanding team of international contributors provide fifty-eight accessible chapters, organised into three clear parts:

  • knowledge, context, concepts

  • philosophical traditions

  • engaging and encounters: modern and postmodern.

This outstanding collection is essential reading for students of Indian philosophy. It will also be of interest to those seeking to explore the lasting significance of this rich and complex philosophical tradition, and to philosophers who wish to learn about Indian philosophy through a comparative lens.

Part 1: Knowledge, Context, Concepts  1. Introduction: Textual Scriptual Issues in Philosophy Christian Coseru  2. Methodology in Indian Philosophy Nirmalaya Chakraborty  3. Pramana Epistemology and Testimony Purushottama Bilimoria  4. Buddhist Hermenutics John Powers  5. Process Philosophy and Phenomenology of Time in Buddhism Hari Shankar Prasad  6. Philosophy and Religion in India Jessica Frazier  7. Indian Skepticism Raghunath Ghosh  8. Self in Indian Philosophy: Questions, Answers, Issues Michael Levine  9. Contents of Consciousness: Perception Monima Chadha  10. Indian Materialism Raghunath Ghosh  Part Two: Philosophical Traditions, I  11. Philosophy of the Bhramanas Hermann Tull  12. Upanishads Brian Black  13. Samkhya Mikel Burley  14. The Plurality of Sāmkhya Traditions Knut A. Jacobsen  15. Mimamsa Elisa Freschi  16. Vaisesika Shashi Prabha Kumar  17. Nyaya Stephen Philips  18. The Nyāya on Inference and Fallacies Jay Shaw  19. Embodied Connectionism: Nyaya Philosophy of Mind Douglas Berger  20. Udayana and the phenomenal separateness of self Chakravarthi Ram Prasad  21. Udayana’s Theory of Extrinsic Validity in his Theistic Monograph Taisei Shida  22. Early Vedanta Andrew Nicholson  23. Advaita Vedanta of Shankara Thomas Forsthoefel  24. Avidya: the Hard Problem in Advaita Vedanta Stephen Kaplan  25. Viśistādvaita Vedānta Chris Bartley  26. Classical Yoga Ana Funes  27. Yoga Ian Whicher  Part 2: Philosophical Traditions, II  28. Indian Yogācāra: an Historical Overview William Waldron  29. The Theravada Buddhist Tradition: Philosophical Foundations, Social Activism, Contemplative Buddhism and Issues of Human Well-being Padmasiri DeSilva  30. Abhidharma Joseph Walser  31. Nāgārjuna’s Early Madhyamaka “Deconstruction” And Moderation Douglas Berger  32. Nagarjuna Jay Garfield  33. Self or No-Self? Buddhism versus Nyāya, Śaiva Siddhānta, Bhātta Mīmāmsā and Jainism Alex Watson  34. Svātantrika Madhyamaka Metaphysics: Bhāvavevika’s Conception of Reality Sonam Thakchoe  35. Janagarbha: The Theory of the Two Truths Sonam Thackchoe  36. Vajrayāna Buddhism In Tibetan Perspective: A Spiritual Science Of Civilized Happiness Joseph Loizzo and Amy Rayner  Part 2: Philosophical Traditions, III  37. Hermeneutics: Hindu, Buddhist and Jain Arthur Dudney  38. Basic Jaina Epistemology Soni Jayendra  39. Jaina Ethics and Moral Philosophy Chris Chapple  40. Anekāntavāda, Nayavāda, and Syādvāda: The History and Significance of the Jain Doctrines of Relativity Jeff Long  41. Tantra and Kashmir Shaivism David Lawrence  42. Looking beyond the Darśanas: Tantric Knowledge Systems and Indian Philosophy Jason Schwartz  43. The Epistemology of Classical Hindu Law Check for word doc, key words etc Donald R. Davis, Jr.  44. Abhinavagupta Loriliai Biernacki  45. Nyaya Ethics Kisor K Chakrbarti  46. Cognition and Language: Buddhist Criticism of Bhartrhari's Thesis Toshiya Unebe  47. Philosophy of Medieval India: Music, Poetry, Songs, Performance, Bhakti David Mellins  48. Indian Philosophy Regarding Music William Jackson  Part 3: Engaging and Encounters: Modern and Postmodern  49. Postcolonial Critique of the Philosophy of Religion Purushottama Bilimoria  50. Islamic Modernism in India Muhammad Kumal  51. Dharma Otherwise: Sikh Dharam Balbinder Bhogal  52. Buddhist Ethics Damien Keown  53. Buddhism: Ethics and Social Engagement Peter Paul Kakol (edited by Amy Rayner)  54. India and European Philosophy Thomas Ellis  55. Modern Philosophy in India A Raghuramaraju  56. Tagore’s Aesthetics and Philosophy Priyambada Sarkar  57. Gandhi's Truth: debating Bilgrami Bindu Puri  58. Understanding Indian Philosophical Traditions Anna-Pya Sjodin  59. Malkani Sharad Deshpande  60. Postmodern Approaches to Indian Philosophy Carl Olson  61. Postcolonialism Joseph Prabhu.  Index