ABSTRACT
In his work, The Problem of Universals in Indian Philosophy, 1 Raja Ram Dravid has done an excellent job of locating and elucidating a large number of the major discussions of the problem of universals in the Indian tradition. In so doing, he succeeds in demonstrating that all of the major positions which are associated with the problem in the Western tradition — extreme realism, moderate realism, conceptualism, and extreme nominalism — are to be found as well in Indian philosophy. The picture which emerges from his account is that of an often heated debate in which the strengths and weaknesses of various approaches to the problem are thoroughly explored. Dravid's discussions of this debate reveal him to be possessed of a remarkable command of an extensive and widely varied literature. He has done other scholars in the field of Indian philosophy a great service by providing an illuminating guide to the relevant portions of a sometimes bewildering array of texts.
