Three pillars of skepticism in classical India Nagarjuna, Jayarasi, and Sri Harsa
This book argues that the philosophical history of India contains a tradition of skepticism about philosophy represented most clearly by three figures: Nāgārjuna, Jayarāśi, and Śrī Harṣa. Furthermore, understanding this tradition ought to be an important part of our contemporary metaphilosoph...
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Lanham, Maryland
Lexington Books,
[2018]
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Three Pillars of Skepticism in Classical India; Series page; Three Pillars of Skepticism in Classical India: Nāgārjuna, Jayarāśi, and Śrī Harṣa; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations for Classical Texts; Introduction; 0.1 Telling the Story of Skepticism in Classical India; 0.2 Skepticism about Philosophy versus Epistemological Skepticism; 0.3 The Scope of This Study and Preview of Contents; 0.4 Expanding the History of Philosophy; Notes; Chapter 1; Skeptical Roots in Early Indian Philosophy; 1.1 Digging for Skeptical Roots
- 1.2 Skepticism in the Ṛg Veda: The Shadow of Philosophical Inquiry1.3 Upaniṣadic Mystical Skepticism: Bṛhadāraṇyaka, Chāndogya, Kaṭha, and Kena Upaniṣads; 1.4 Materialism, Sañjayan Eel-Wriggling, and Early Buddhist Quietism; 1.5: Can Skepticism about Philosophy be a Tradition?: Vitaṇḍa, Prasaṅga, and Prasajya; 1.6 Conclusion: Previewing the Fruits of these Skeptical Roots; Notes; Chapter 2; Nāgārjuna's Buddhist Skepticism; 2.1 Interpreting Nāgārjuna: Mysticism, Anti-Realism, and Epistemological Skepticism; 2.2 The Middle Way between Mysticism and Anti-Realism; 2.3 Nāgārjuna's Two Phases
- 2.4 How Skepticism about Philosophy Takes Both Phases Seriously2.5 Nāgārjuna's Development of Early Buddhist Quietism: Religiosity without Belief; 2.6 Other Historical Precedents: Candrakīrti, Kumārajīva, Khedrupjey's Opponent, and Patsab Nyimadrak; 2.7 Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 3; Nāgārjuna and the Cause of Skepticism; 3.1 An Overview of Nāgārjuna's Argumentative Strategies; 3.2 Brief Tour of Arguments Concerning the Means of Knowledge in the Vigrahavyāvartanī; 3.3 Nāgārjuna's Critique of Theories of Causation; 3.4 Conventionalist, Anti-Realist, and Epistemological Skeptical Interpretations
- 3.5 The Cause of Skepticism3.6 Conclusion: Combining Analysis-Insight and Quietism; Notes; Chapter 4; Jayarāśi's Cārvāka Skepticism; 4.1 The Need for Cārvāka Studies; 4.2 Jayarāśi's Method of Destruction: Developing the Materialist and Sañjayan Strains of Early Indian Skepticism; 4.3 Jayarāśian Contextualism; 4.4 A Contextualist Response to the Inconsistency Objection; 4.5 How to Stop Worrying and Love a Life without Philosophy or Religion; 4.6 Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 5; Jayarāśi and the Delightful Destruction of Buddhist Epistemology; 5.1 Jayarāśi's Denial of Epistemological Realism
- 5.2 Buddhist Epistemological Realism: Dignāga and Dharmakīrti5.3 The Non-Establishment of Difference Argument; 5.4 The Impossibility of Considering Duality Argument; 5.5 The Delightful Destruction of Epistemology and Jayarāśi's Skepticism About Philosophy; 5.6 Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 6; Śrī Harṣa's Advaita Skepticism; 6.1 The Rise of Advaita Vedānta and the Continuing Refinement of Realism; 6.2 Interpreting Śrī Harṣa: Negative Dialectic, Positive Idealism, and Non-Realism; 6.3 The Critique of Nyāya and Mīmāṃsā Realism; 6.4 The Possibility of Mystical Experience