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The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Philosophy of Language presents a systematic survey of philosophy of language in the Indian tradition, providing an up-to-date research resource for better understanding the history and future direction of the field. Each chapter addresses a particular philosophical problem from the viewpoint of seminal traditions and specific thinkers. Covering the philosophical insight on language found in the mainstream philosophies of Vyakarana, Mima?sa, Nyaya, Vedanta, Buddhism, and Alankarasastra, the chapters tackle crucial semantic and pragmatic questions such as the relation of the speaker to reality, the use of metalanguage, the distinction between sentences, elliptic statements, and figurative usages, and the impact of textual structures on the philosophical message. Complete with further reading suggestions and an annotated bibliography, this collection makes an important contribution to both Eastern and Western contemporary philosophy of language.

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Author:   Alessandro Graheli (Austrian Academy of Science, Austria)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN:  

9781350355798

ISBN 10:   1350355798
Pages:   488
Publication Date:   28 July 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part I. Of Speech Units: Phonemes, Words, and Sentences Introduction 1. Linguistic Segmentation in Early Vyakarana, Maria Piera Candotti 2. From Permanent Phonemes to Words, Monika Nowakowska 3. Ontology and Epistemology of Speech in Nyaya, Alessandro Graheli 4. The theory of the Sphota, Akane Saito 5. A Buddhist Refutation of Sphota, Sara McClintock 6. The Place of Language in the Philosophy of the Recognition, Marco Ferrante Part II. Of Word Meanings Introduction 7. Early Nyaya on the Meaning of Common Nouns, Matthew R. Dasti 8. Dignaga on Relation, Kei Kataoka 9. Meanings of Words and Sentences in Mimamsa, Elisa Freschi 10. Sabdartha as Sense or Reference: Dharmakirti on Synonymy, Patrick McAllister 11. Semantic Relations and Causation of Verbal Knowledge, Alessandro Graheli 12. Human Intellect and God’s Will in Navya Nyaya Semantics, Yoichi Iwasaki Part III. Of Sentence Meanings Introduction 13. Salikanatha’s Introduction to his Fundamentals of Sentence Meaning, Andrew Ollett 14. Salikanatha on Language Acquisition, Kei Kataoka 15. The Deontic Nature of Language in Mimamsa and Vedanta Schools, Elisa Freschi 16. Speaking of the individual: Prakasatman’s akhandarthavada and the beginnings of a theory of language in classical Advaita-Vedanta, Hugo David 17. The Role of Intention in Gangesa’s Non-Communicational Model of Verbal Understanding, Yoichi Iwasaki Part IV. Of Implicatures Introduction 18. Kumarila on the Role of Implicature in Sentence-Signification, Lawrence McCrea 19. The Intentionality of Words: Jayanta’s Syncretism of Nyaya and Mimamsa, Alessandro Graheli 20. Rasa as Sentence Meaning, Andrew Ollett 21. Meaning beyond Words: The Implicature Wars, Daniele Cuneo Chronology Glossary Annotated Bibliography of Indian Philosophy of Language Index

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[A] useful work for those wishing to find out more about the subject ... It brings together some of the best research currently available on the key topics of classical Indian philosophy of language. * Philosophy East and West * The essays in this collection offer learned yet clear introductions to the major themes and controversies of Indian philosophy of language. Engagingly written, accurate and well documented, the volume represents a substantial contribution to the field of Indian Studies. * John Taber, Regents' Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, University of New Mexico, USA *

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Alessandro Graheli is principal investigator of the FWF project “The Meaning of the Sentence in Indian Philosophy” at the Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia, Austrian Academy of Science, Austria, and Assistant at the Department of South Asian, Tibetan, and Buddhist Studies, University of Vienna, Austria.

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