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Title

Dharmakīrti's theory of inference : revaluation and reconstruction / Rajendra Prasad.

Author

Prasad, Rajendra, 1926-

Publication

New Delhi ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

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Description

xliii, 257 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

Study of Nyāyabindu of Dharmakīrti, 7th cent. and its commentary Nyāyabinduṭīkā of Dharmottara.

Alternative Title

Theory of inference revaluation and reconstruction

Subject

• Buddhist logic
• Buddhist philosophy
• Dharmakīrti, active 7th century
• Dharmottara
• Inference

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [250]-253) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Knowledge and Human Ends -- Ch. 3. Division of Inference (Anumana) into Inference for Oneself (Svarthanumana) and Inference for Someone Else (Pararthanumana) -- Ch. 4. Inference for Oneself (Svarthanumana) -- Ch. 5. Non-cognition as Logical Reason (Anupalabdhi Hetu) -- Ch. 6. Forms of Inference Using Non-cognition (Anupalabdhi) as Logical Reason (Hetu) -- Ch. 7. Identity as Logical Reason (Svabhava Hetu) -- Ch. 8. Effect as Logical Reason (Karya Hetu) -- Ch. 9. Some Problems in Proving the Completeness of Dharmakirti's Theory of Inference -- Ch. 10. Inference for Someone Else (Pararthanumana) -- Ch. 11. The Role of Example (Drstanta) -- Ch. 12. Inference for Someone Else and Aristotelian Syllogism -- Ch. 13. Inference for Someone Else and the Deductive-Inductive Distinction -- Ch. 14. Impermissible Inferences -- Ch. 15. Concluding Overview.

ISBN

0195657845

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Harvard Library