Vātsyāyana's Commentary on the Nyāya-sūtra: A Guide

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Matthew R. Dasti (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Bridgewater State University)

Vātsyāyana's Commentary on the Nyāya-sūtra

A Guide

Matthew R. Dasti (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Bridgewater State University)

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Oxford University Press Inc
03 August 2023

Philosophy of language; Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; Oriental & Indian philosophy; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge

Series: OXFORD GUIDES TO PHILOSOPHY SERIES

V=atsy=ayana's Commentary on the Ny=aya-s=utra is one of classical India's most important philosophical works. This Guide offers both a map and interpretation of this challenging canonical text, suitable for any student or novice reader.

Treating them as a single hybrid text, the Ny=aya-s=utra with V=atsy=ayana's commentary systematizes in skeletal form centuries of ancient Indian philosophical developments concerning logic, epistemology, and dialectics, while also defending a realist categorial metaphysics. It offers a number of epistemological and methodological insights that inform intellectual inquiry in the Subcontinent for over a millennium. V=atsy=ayana's Commentary also provides sophisticated arguments for distinct positions in metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of language, and value theory that stand amongst the best contributions to world philosophy.

This guide, accessible to students and researchers not familiar with classical Indian philosophy, provides a distilled, accessible understanding of the major scholarly, historical, and philosophical issues that inform the Commentary, while unpacking its philosophical content such that it speaks to modern readers. It also illustrates the way that the Commentary may serve as a lens through which to view the formative period of classical Indian philosophy.

By: Matthew R. Dasti (Professor of Philosophy Professor of Philosophy Bridgewater State University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 217mm, Width: 145mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 492g
ISBN: 9780197625927
ISBN 10: 0197625924
Series: OXFORD GUIDES TO PHILOSOPHY SERIES
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 03 August 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely

Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Principles of Selection, Organization, and Translation Outline of the Text Chapter 1 - The Central Topics of Nyaya Chapter 2 - Epistemology and Philosophy of Language Chapter 3 - Objects of Knowledge Chapter 4 - Objects of Knowledge and the Knowledge that Leads to the Supreme Good Chapter 5 - Dialectics Appendix A - Thematic reading plans and recommended scholarship Appendix B - V=atsy=ayana's philosophical commitments summarized Appendix C - Immediate inference, postulation, and contraposition: on V=atsy=ayana's logical

Matthew R. Dasti is Professor of Philosophy at Bridgewater State University. His research focuses on the