Is Jayanta referring to Vyāḍi
when he lists various positions at the beginning of his discussion about
the sentence-meaning, in his Nyāyamañjarī, book 5? Read the answer at my new blog.
Friday, April 25, 2014
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Who invented the apoha theory? On Kunjunni Raja 1986
Who invented the apoha theory? If you, like me, are prone to answer "Dignāga" and to add that Dignāga (as shown by Hattori) was inspired by Bhartṛhari's theory and that Dharmakīrti and Dharmottara later fine-tuned Dignāga's one, you are ready to have your view challenged by K. Kunjunni Raja's article in Buddhist Logic and Epistemology (ed. by B.K. Matilal and R.D. Evans, 1986). Please read the rest at my new blog, here.
Monday, April 14, 2014
Sucarita Miśra on apoha —On Kataoka 2014a
Who is the most productive scholar on Indian Philosophy? Kei Kataoka is surely in the top-10 (have a look at his publications here).
He has just published a critical edition of the apoha section of Sucarita’s commentary on the Ślokavārttika. Please read the rest at my new blog, here.
He has just published a critical edition of the apoha section of Sucarita’s commentary on the Ślokavārttika. Please read the rest at my new blog, here.
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Who studied Mīmāṃsā deontics?
Since Mīmāṃsā (both in its Bhāṭṭa
and in its Prābhākara subschools) focused primarily on the exegesis of
the prescriptive portion of the Vedic Sacred Texts, the Mīmāṃsā texts
offer richly developed discussions of deontic issues, both from a
linguistic and from a logic point of view. Unfortunately, the lack of
philosophically accessible translations has made most of such
discussions remain confined to Sanskritists. Please read the rest at my new blog, here.
Friday, April 4, 2014
Possible applications of Mīmāṃsā deontics: on Chaudhuri and Vardi
There are fields in which the contribution of applied ethics and deontics are more than needed, such as that of the programming of artificial intelligence connected to robots which might interact with human beings. Chaudhuri and Vardi (their article can be downloaded here) quote the following case: (please read the rest at my new blog, here).
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Helmut Krasser, the Rebel Sanskritist
Who would laugh about both Christianity and Buddhism, about cancer and the Academia?
Helmut Krasser!
Helmut Krasser!
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