Epistemology, Logic, and Grammar in Indian Philosophical Analysis

Preface: Explains the purpose of presenting Indian philosophy as a disciplined analytical tradition, not merely as mysticism or religious speculation. Chronological Table of Philosophers: Provides a tentative historical framework for major Indian philosophers discussed in the book. Chapter 1: Perception and Language: Examines the relation between perceptual cognition, verbalization, construction, and meaning, with attention to Nyāya, Buddhist idealism, Bhartrhari, and Dignāga. Chapter 2: Individuals, Universals, and Perception: Discusses the debate over particulars, universals, material bodies, perception, reference, and propositional cognition. Chapter 3: Early Grammarians on Philosophical Semantics: Studies Pāṇini, Vyādi, Vājapyāyana, and Bhartrhari on substance, quality, word meaning, and semantic theory. Chapter 4: Empty Subject Terms in Logic: Analyzes non-referring expressions, non-being, examples in Indian logic, the Nyāya–Buddhist controversy, existence, negation, and fictional reference. Chapter 5: Negation and the Mādhyamika Dialectic: Presents the Mādhyamika view of emptiness, two truths, indeterminacy, paradox, negation, and the philosophical challenge of mysticism.