Buddhist Logic. Volume I

This volume is an essential reference for advanced studies in Buddhist philosophy and Indian epistemology. It offers a comprehensive reconstruction of the logical and philosophical systems developed by Dignāga, Dharmakīrti, and their commentators, while also documenting their historical relationship with other Indian and European philosophical traditions. Table of Contents Abbreviations Preface Introduction 1. Buddhist Logic: What It Is 2. The Place of Logic in the History of Buddhism 3. First Period of Buddhist Philosophy 4. Second Period of Buddhist Philosophy 5. Third Period of Buddhist Philosophy 6. The Place of Buddhist Logic in the History of Indian Philosophy - The Materialists - The Jains - The Sāṃkhya System - The Yoga System - The Vedānta - The Mīmāṃsā - The Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika System 7. Buddhist Logic before Dignāga 8. The Life of Dignāga 9. The Life of Dharmakīrti 10. The Works of Dharmakīrti 11. The Order of the Chapters in Pramāṇa-vārttika 12. The Philological School of Commentators 13. The Kashmir or Philosophical School of Commentators 14. The Third or Religious School of Commentators 15. Post-Buddhist Logic and the Struggle between Realism and Nominalism in India 16. Buddhist Logic in China and Japan 17. Buddhist Logic in Tibet and Mongolia Part I — Reality and Knowledge (Pramāṇavāda) - Scope and Aim of Buddhist Logic - The Meaning of a Source of Knowledge - Cognition and Recognition - The Test of Truth - Realistic and Buddhist Views of Experience - Two Realities - The Double Character of a Source of Knowledge - The Limits of Cognition: Dogmatism and Criticism Part II — The Sensible World 1. The Theory of Instantaneous Being (Kṣaṇikavāda) 2. Causation (Pratītyasamutpāda) 3. Sense-Perception (Pratyakṣa) 4. Ultimate Reality (Paramārthasat) Part III — The Constructed World 1. Judgment 2. Inference 3. Syllogism (Parārthānumāna) 4. Logical Fallacies Part IV — Negation 1.The Negative Judgment 2. The Law of Contradiction 3. Universals 4. Dialectic Part V — Reality of the External World - What Is Real - What Is External - The Three Worlds - Critical Realism - Ultimate Monism - Idealism - Dignāga’s Treatise on the Unreality of the External World - Dharmakīrti’s Treatise on the Repudiation of Solipsism - History of the Problem of the Reality of the External World - Some European Parallels - Indo-European Symposium on the Reality of the External World - Conclusion - Indices - Appendix - Addenda