Description |
1 online resource (266 pages) |
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Dialogues in South Asian traditions : religion, philosophy, literature and history |
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Dialogues in south Asian traditions.
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Contents |
Cover; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; 1 Senses of Self and Not-self in the Upani?ads and Nikayas; 2 Why Didn't Siddhartha Gautama Become a Sa?khya Philosopher; 3 Self, Consciousness, and Liberation in Classical Sa?khya; 6 Uddyotakara's Defence of a Self; 7 The Abode of Recognition; 8 Self and Memory; 9 Action, Desire and Subjectivity; 10 On the Advaitic Identification of Self and Consciousness; 11 Luminosity, Subjectivity, and Temporality; 12 Arguing from Synthesis to the Self; 13 Indian Philosophy and the Question of the Self; Bibliography; Index |
Summary |
The debates between various Buddhist and Hindu philosophical systems about the existence, definition and nature of self, occupy a central place in the history of Indian philosophy and religion. These debates concern various issues: what 'self' means; whether the self can be said to exist at all; how the ordinary reality of individual persons can be explained; and the consequences of each position. At a time when comparable issues are at the forefront of contemporary Western philosophy, in both analytic and continental traditions, these classical and medieval Indian debates globalise such discu |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
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Hindu philosophy.
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Buddhist philosophy.
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Ātman.
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Anātman.
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Hinduism -- Relations -- Buddhism.
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Buddhism -- Relations -- Hinduism.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Buddhist.
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RELIGION -- Buddhism -- General.
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Anātman
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Ātman
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Buddhism
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Buddhist philosophy
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Hindu philosophy
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Hinduism
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Interfaith relations
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Buddhistische Philosophie
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Hinduistische Philosophie
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Indische Philosophie
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Selbst
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Hinduisk filosofi.
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Buddhistisk filosofi.
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Jaget -- teori, filosofi.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Kuznetsova, Irina (Doctor of philosophy)
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Ganeri, Jonardon
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Ram-Prasad, Chakravarthi
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LC no. |
2011050503 |
ISBN |
9781409443551 |
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1409443558 |
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