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Against a Hindu god : Buddhist philosophy of religion in India

Title
  1. Against a Hindu god : Buddhist philosophy of religion in India / Parimal G. Patil.
Published by
  1. New York : Columbia University Press, c2009.
Author
  1. Patil, Parimal G.

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Description
  1. xi, 406 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  1. Ratnakīrti
  2. Knowledge, Theory of (Buddhism)
  3. God (Hinduism)
  4. Nyaya
  5. Religion > Philosophy
Contents
  1. Comparative philosophy of religions -- Disciplinary challenges -- A grammar for comparison -- Comparative philosophy of religions -- Content, structure, and arguments -- Epistemology -- Religious epistemology in classical India: in defense of a Hindu god -- Interpreting Nyāya epistemology -- The Nyāya argument for the existence of Īśvara -- Defending the Nyāya argument -- Conclusion: Shifting the burden of proof -- Against Īśvara: Ratnakīrti's Buddhist critique -- The Section on pervasion: the trouble with natural relations -- Two arguments -- The Section on the reason property -- The Section on the target property -- Conclusion: Is Īśvara the maker of the world? -- Language, mind, and ontology -- The theory of exclusion, conceptual content, and Buddhist epistemology -- The theory of exclusion -- What exclusion is not -- Semantic value -- Ratnakīrti's inferential argument -- Conclusion: Jñānaśrīmitra's three questions -- Ratnakīrti's world: toward a Buddhist philosophy of everything -- An inventory of mental objects/images -- The contents of perception -- The contents of inferential/verbal awareness -- Nonexistence, existence, and ultimate existence -- The Īśvara-inference, revisited -- Conclusion: Who created the world? -- The values of Buddhist epistemology -- Foundational figures and foundational texts -- The soteriological significance of epistemology -- Jñānaśrīmitra on epistemology as pedagogy -- Ratnakīrti's framework of value -- Conclusion: Religious reasoning as religious practice.
Call number
  1. JFE 09-3735
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Author
  1. Patil, Parimal G.
Title
  1. Against a Hindu god : Buddhist philosophy of religion in India / Parimal G. Patil.
Imprint
  1. New York : Columbia University Press, c2009.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN
  1. 2008047445
ISBN
  1. 9780231142229 (cloth : alk. paper)
  2. 0231142226 (cloth : alk. paper)
Research call number
  1. JFE 09-3735
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