Philosophy in Classical India: The proper work of reason

Author:   Jonardon Ganeri (University of Toronto, Canada)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780415240345


Pages:   216
Publication Date:   08 February 2001
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Jonardon Ganeri (University of Toronto, Canada)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.560kg
ISBN:  

9780415240345


ISBN 10:   0415240344
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   08 February 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction, 1 The motive and method of rational inquiry, 2 Rationality, emptiness and the objective view, 3 The rational basis of metaphysics, 4 Reduction, exclusion and rational reconstruction, 5 Rationality, harmony and perspective, 6 Reason in equilibrium, Further reading, Notes, Texts, Bibliography, Index

Reviews

'... a brilliant contribution to the study of some of the basic questions of classical Indian Philosophy, and at the same time quite a convincing presentation of new philosophical paradigms ... What is striking in Ganeri's work is the commendable combination of sound grasp of the Sanskrit texts with outstanding interpretive skills. There is no doubt that the book will be acknowledged as a pathfinder in the interpretation of classical Indian Philosophy.' - John Vattanky, De Nobili College, India, Nagoya Studies in Indian Culture and Buddhism 'Excellent, just what we need right at this moment.' - Arindam Chakrabarti, University of Hawaii at Manoa


Ganeri's work in Indian philosophy is reminiscent of the extraordinary scholarship of his teacher, the late Bimal K. Matilal, in its depth, degree of abstraction, and in the intellectual demands placed upon (or adhikara, eligibility, required of!) its readers.Indologists seeking the same intensity of Matilal's scholarship will applaud Ganeri's book. Further, comparative philosophers interested in logic and rationality will welcome Ganeri's groundbreaking tome. <br>- Religious Studies Review <br> Ganeri's text points the way forward for producing text-books for philosophy courses on non-western traditions.... As a template, it deserves to be widely copied. Scholars in the field of Islamic philosophy have much to learn from it.. <br>-Transcendent Philosophy, September 2001, volume 2, number 3 <br> Jonathon Ganeri has combined scholarly engagement with philisophical clarity in this book This book goes beyond facile comparisions; it eschews them altogether, in favor of an internally coherent and textually informed exploration of thematic cross-currents that flow from classical India into today's global imaginaire. <br>-Amazon.com.uk <br>


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Jonardon Ganeri read mathematics at Cambridge before pursuing graduate studies in philosophy at London and Oxford. He is the author of Semantic Powers: Meaning and the Means of Knowing in Classical Indian Philosophy 0Clarendon Press, 1999). He is currently Spalding Fellow in Comparative Religions, Clare Hall, Cambridge

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