Buddhists, Brahmins, and Belief: Epistemology in South Asian Philosophy of Religion

Dan Arnold

Paper, 328 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13281-7
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January, 2006
Cloth, 328 pages,
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Acknowledgments

Introduction: On the Rational Reconstruction of South Asian Philosophy

Part I: Buddhist Foundationalism

1. Dignaga's Transformation of Buddhist Abhidharma

2. The Problems with Buddhist Foundationalism

Part II: The Reformed Epistemology of Purva Mimamsa

3. Nobody Is Seen Going to Heaven: Toward an Epistemology That Supports the Authority of the Vedas

4. Are the Vedas Are Intrinsically True? Prima Facie Justification and the Mimasaka Critique of Buddhist Foundationalism

Part III: The Metaphysical Arguments of Madhyamaka

5. A Philosophical Grammar for the Study of Madhyamaka

6. Candrakirti Against Bare Particulars: An Expression of Madhyamika Metaphysics

7. Is It Really True That Everything Is Empty? Candrakirti on Essencelessness as the Essence of Things

Conclusion: Justification and Truth, Relativism and Pragmatism: Some Lessons for Religious Studies

Notes

References

Index

Related Subjects

• Asian Religion
• Asian Studies
• Asian/Islamic Philosophy

About the Author

Dan Arnold is assistant professor of the philosophy of religion at the University of Chicago Divinity School.

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