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Author: Ethan Mills
Publisher: Lexington Books
Imprint: Lexington Books
Dimensions:
Width: 15.40cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 22.40cm
Weight: 0.386kg
ISBN: 9781498555715
ISBN 10: 1498555713
Pages: 254
Publication Date: 11 August 2020
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
The Three Pillars is engagingly written. . . Mills’ attention to shared methodologies and concerns is a welcome contribution to the ongoing correction to that division. Further, Three Pillars considers connections among thinkers beyond India (in Greece, Persia, and China). This global vantage point is a welcome aspect to the book, taking it beyond a simple Indian/""Western"" framework. . . . [B]y drawing our attention to similarities among such disparate thinkers, Mills has done an important service to philosophers interested in global epistemologies. The book is clear and engaging. . . new-comers to Indian philosophy will find the book a useful, if controversial, introduction to three important thinkers. Three Pillars of Skepticism in Classical India should spur further inquiry into each of the three “pillars” and their relationship to philosophy in premodern South Asia and the rest of the world.” * Journal of Dharma Studies * Ethan Mills has written a lovely book on Indian skepticism. It shows that skepticism is not merely a Greek phenomenon, but enjoys a long history in India. This book addresses skepticism both in the orthodox and Buddhist traditions, and enriches our understanding of the interaction between those traditions and the development of philosophical dialectics in India. The account is erudite, nuanced, full of good translation and exposition. It is philosophically sophisticated, and easy to read. Anyone interested in skepticism or in Indian philosophy should read it. -- Jay Garfield, Smith College This book offers thought-provoking interpretations of three major figures in Indian thought. With technical precision, careful translation, and most notably, insightful comparisons with Western discussions, Mills makes an impressive and persuasive case for 'expanding the history of philosophical skepticism', and leads us to think afresh about the purposes and limits of doing philosophy today. -- Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad, Lancaster University Ethan Mills makes a strong case for the skeptical positions of Nāgārjuna, Jayarāśi and Śrī Harṣa, which according to him should be appreciated as forms of ""skepticism about philosophy"" rather than epistemological skepticism. This is something any lover of philosophy should take seriously. -- Pradeep Gokhale, Savitribai Phule Pune University
Ethan Mills makes a strong case for the skeptical positions of Nagarjuna, Jayarasi and Sri Harsa, which according to him should be appreciated as forms of skepticism about philosophy rather than epistemological skepticism. This is something any lover of philosophy should take seriously. -- Pradeep Gokhale, Savitribai Phule Pune University This book offers thought-provoking interpretations of three major figures in Indian thought. With technical precision, careful translation, and most notably, insightful comparisons with Western discussions, Mills makes an impressive and persuasive case for 'expanding the history of philosophical skepticism', and leads us to think afresh about the purposes and limits of doing philosophy today. -- Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad, Lancaster University Ethan Mills has written a lovely book on Indian skepticism. It shows that skepticism is not merely a Greek phenomenon, but enjoys a long history in India. This book addresses skepticism both in the orthodox and Buddhist traditions, and enriches our understanding of the interaction between those traditions and the development of philosophical dialectics in India. The account is erudite, nuanced, full of good translation and exposition. It is philosophically sophisticated, and easy to read. Anyone interested in skepticism or in Indian philosophy should read it. -- Jay Garfield, Smith College The Three Pillars is engagingly written. . . Mills' attention to shared methodologies and concerns is a welcome contribution to the ongoing correction to that division. Further, Three Pillars considers connections among thinkers beyond India (in Greece, Persia, and China). This global vantage point is a welcome aspect to the book, taking it beyond a simple Indian/ Western framework. . . . [B]y drawing our attention to similarities among such disparate thinkers, Mills has done an important service to philosophers interested in global epistemologies. The book is clear and engaging. . . new-comers to Indian philosophy will find the book a useful, if controversial, introduction to three important thinkers. Three Pillars of Skepticism in Classical India should spur further inquiry into each of the three pillars and their relationship to philosophy in premodern South Asia and the rest of the world. * Journal of Dharma Studies *
Author Information
Ethan Mills is assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
