Existence and Perception in Medieval Vedānta: Vyāsatīrtha’s Defence of Realism in the Nyāyāmr̥ta

Michael Thomas Williams

book: Existence and Perception in Medieval Vedānta

Open Access Veröffentlicht von De Gruyter 2024

Existence and Perception in Medieval Vedānta

Vyāsatīrtha’s Defence of Realism in the Nyāyāmr̥ta

Michael Thomas Williams
Gefördert durch: Österreichischer Wissenschaftsfonds FWF

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110728521

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This book focuses on discussions of metaphysics and epistemology in early modern India found in the works of the South Indian philosopher Vyāsatīrtha (1460–1539). Vyāsatīrtha was pivotal to the ascendancy of the Mādhva tradition to intellectual and political influence in the Vijayanagara Empire.

This book is primarily a philosophical reconstruction based on original translations of relevant parts of Vyāsatīrtha’s Sanskrit philosophical text, the “Nectar of Logic” (Nyāyāmr̥ta). Vyāsatīrtha wrote the Nyāyāmr̥ta as a vindication of his tradition’s theistic world view against the Advaita tradition of Vedānta. In the centuries after it was written, the Nyāyāmr̥ta came to dominate philosophical discussions among Vedānta traditions in India.

The Advaitins argued for an anti-realist stance about the empirical world, according to which the world of our experience is simply an illusion that can be dispelled by a deep study of the Upaniṣads. This book reconstructs the parts of the Nyāyāmr̥ta where Vyāsatīrtha argues in favor of the reality of the world against the Advaitins. Philosophically, it focuses on the concept of existence in Vyāsatīrtha’s metaphysics, and on his arguments about knowledge and the philosophy of perception.

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Michael Thomas Williams, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Österreich.

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Frontmatter Open Access PDF downloaden	I
Contents Open Access PDF downloaden	VII
Acknowledgements Open Access PDF downloaden	IX
1 Introduction Open Access PDF downloaden	1
2 An historical overview of the Mādhva–Advaita debate Open Access PDF downloaden	15
3 An outline of Mādhva philosophy Open Access PDF downloaden	46
4 Vyāsatīrtha’s Analysis of Advaita Philosophy Open Access PDF downloaden	79
5 Perceiving existence Open Access PDF downloaden	112
6 Illusion and nonexistence in the Nyāyāmr̥ta Open Access PDF downloaden	148
7 Vyāsatīrtha and Navya-Nyāya philosophy Open Access PDF downloaden	185
8 Introduction to the translation of the Prathamamithyātvabhaṅga Open Access PDF downloaden	223
9 Text, translation, and commentary of the Prathamamithyātvabhaṅga Open Access PDF downloaden	233
10 Conclusion Open Access PDF downloaden	305
Bibliography Open Access PDF downloaden	311
Index of English terms Open Access PDF downloaden	319
Index of Sanskrit terms Open Access PDF downloaden	321
Index of Sanskrit texts and authors Open Access PDF downloaden	325

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Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: De Gruyter
Copyrightjahr: 2024
Zielgruppe: Researchers of the fields Indian philosophy/theology, metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy, indologists
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- Frontmatter: 10
- Inhalt: 327
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- Tabellen: 1
Schlagworte: Philosophie; Vedanta; Metaphysik; Realismus

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Veröffentlicht: 6. August 2024
ISBN: 9783110728521

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