ABSTRACT
The selection of essays in this volume aims to present Indian philosophy as an autonomous intellectual tradition, with its own internal dynamics, rhythms, techniques, problematics and approaches, and to show how the richness of this tradition has a vital role in a newly emerging global and international discipline of philosophy, one in which a diversity of traditions exchange ideas and grow through their interaction with one another.
This new volume is an abridgement of the four-volume set, Indian Philosophy, published by Routledge in 2016. The selection of chapters was made in collaboration with the editors at Routledge. The purpose of this volume is to reintroduce the heritage of ‘Indian Philosophy’ to a contemporary readership by acquainting the reader with some of the core themes of Indian philosophy, such as the concept of philosophy, philosophy as a search for the self, Buddhist philosophy of mind, metaphysics, epistemology, language and logic.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|46 pages
The concept of philosophy
part II|14 pages
Philosophy as a search for the self
part III|31 pages
Buddhist philosophy of mind
chapter Chapter 7|13 pages
From the five aggregates to phenomenal consciousness
part IV|23 pages
Self
chapter Chapter 9|23 pages
The self as a dynamic constant
chapter Chapter 10|16 pages
Arguing from synthesis to the self
chapter Chapter 11|18 pages
‘I am of the nature of seeing’
part V|17 pages
Metaphysics
part VI|16 pages
Epistemology
part VII|23 pages
Language
part VIII|11 pages
Logic