BUDDHIST LOGIC (2 Vols.)

The culmination point in a long history of Indian philosophical history is Buddhist logic. Its growth, decline, and birth are all connected to the rise, fall, and decline of Indian civilisation. It is time to reexamine the historical context of Buddhist logic. These two volumes provide this information. The notes are filled with literary renderings. This will allow the reader to appreciate the often vast distance between the Sanskrit phrasings and their philosophical meanings, which are based on our thinking habits. Notes also include a philosophical comment on the translated texts. The first volume includes a historical sketch and a reconstruction synthetical of the entire edifice that will eventually shape Buddhist philosophy. The second volume includes the material and the reasons for the reconstruction. Content Preface, Abbreviations and Introduction, Part I-Reality and Knowledge (pramanyavada), Part II -The Sensible World, Ch. 1 The theory about Instantaneous Being (ksanikavada),Ch. II Causation (pratitya-samutpada), Ch. III. Sense-Perception (pratyaksam), Ch. IV – Ultimate reality, Part III-The built world, Ch. I-Judgment, Ch. II – Inference (pararthanumanam), Ch. III – Inference, Ch. IV. Logical fallacies, Part IV, Negation, Ch. I-The negative judgement, Ch. II. II. III-Universals, Ch. IV. IV. Preface, Appendices, Indices, Errata.