Meaning and Non-Existence: Kumarila's Refutation of Dignaga's Theory of Exclusion: The Apohavada Chapter of Kumarila's Slokavarttika; Critical Edition and Annotated Translation

Author:   Kei Kataoka ,  John Taber
Publisher:   Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
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Publication Date:   31 March 2021
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Meaning and Non-Existence: Kumarila's Refutation of Dignaga's Theory of Exclusion: The Apohavada Chapter of Kumarila's Slokavarttika; Critical Edition and Annotated Translation


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English summary: In the Apohavada chapter of his Slokavarttika, the seventh-century Hindu philosopher Kumarila undertakes an exhaustive critique of the distinctive Buddhist theory of meaning, the theory of exclusion, or Apohavada. According to this theory, which was introduced by the sixth-century Buddhist thinker Dignaga, a word refers not to some positive entity such as a universal, but to an exclusion. It became one of the core teachings of the Buddhist epistemological tradition. The debate on it is illustrative of the Buddhist-Brahmin disputes that shaped the development of classical Indian philosophy. This translation of Kumarila's chapter, together with a critical edition, is accompanied by a running explanation based on the classical commentaries and extensive notes. German description: Im Apohavada-Kapitel seiner Slokavarttika unternimmt der hinduistische Philosoph Kumarila (7. Jh.) eine Kritik an der buddhistischen Semantik, insbesondere der Theorie der Sonderung oder Apohavada. Nach dieser Theorie, die vom buddhistischen Denker Dignaga eingefuhrt wurde, bezieht sich ein Wort auf eine Sonderung von anderen. Die Theorie war kennzeichnend fur die buddhistische Erkenntnistheorie; die Debatte daruber ist exemplarisch fur die buddhistisch-brahmanischen Auseinandersetzungen, die die Entwicklung der klassischen indischen Philosophie gepragt haben. Diese englische Ubersetzung des Texts basiert auf einer kritischen Ausgabe und wird von einer laufenden Erlauterung, welche die klassischen Kommentare berucksichtigt, begleitet. Hinzu kommen philologische und historische Annotierungen.

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Author:   Kei Kataoka ,  John Taber
Publisher:   Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
Imprint:   Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
Weight:   5.076kg
ISBN:  

9783700186410


ISBN 10:   370018641
Publication Date:   31 March 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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is Associate Professor of Indian philosophy at Kyushu University is Regents' Professor of Philosophy emeritus in the Department of Philosophy, University of New Mexico is head of the Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia at the Austrian Academy of Sciences is Associate Professor of Indian philosophy at Kyushu University is Regents' Professor of Philosophy emeritus in the Department of Philosophy, University of New Mexico is head of the Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia at the Austrian Academy of Sciences

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