Author: Pradeep P Gokhale
Publisher: Sri Satguru Publications
Year: 1992
Language: English
Pages: 332
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8170303192
Description
Aksapada, Vatsyayana, Udyotakara, Jayantabhatta, Vacaspatimisra, and Bhasarvajna as the ancient Nyaya thinkers and Dinnaga and Dharmakirti as the Buddhist logicians did elucidate in their works the nature of anumana and hervabhasa; but in doing so they also developed over the conceptions of the same available at their times. One of the major tasks of Dr Pradeep Gokhale in this book is to sketch out the way in which the two concepts changed and developed at the hands of these logicians.
Apart from anumana and hetvabhasa one finds in this book a detailed study of chala, jati, nigrahasthana, nayabhasa, prasanga and fallacies of definitions and their respective place in the Indian theory of fallacy. The Indian account of fallacies has also been compared critically with western one.
Contents
FOREWORD
PREFACE
ABBREVIATIONS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTERS
I. The Nature of Inference and Fallacies Accepted by Pre-Aksapada Indian Logicians (Especially by Caraka)
II. The Nature of Inference and Hetvabhasa Described by Aksapada and Vatsyayana
Part I: On Inference
Part II: On hetvabhasas
III. The Nature of Anumana and Sadhanabhasa According to Dinnaga
Part I: On anumana
Part II: On Sadhanabhasa
IV. Udyotakara on Anumana and Hetvabhasa
Part I: On anumana
Part II: On hetvabhasa
V. The Nature of Anumana and sadhanabhasa according to Dharmakirti
Part I: On anumana
Part II: On Sadhanabhasa
VI: Anumana and Hetvabhasa According to Jayantabhatta, Bhasarvajna and Vacaspatimisra
Part I: On anumana
Part II: On fallacies
VI. Chala, Jati, Nigrahasthana, Prasana Nayabhasa and Fallacies of Definition
Part I: On Chala
Part II: On Jati
Part III: On Nigrahasthanas
Part IV: On prasanga
Part V: On nayabhasa
Part VII: On fallacies of definition
VIII: Inferences and Fallacies discussed in ancient Indian Logic and Western Logic
Part I: Inferences
Part II: Fallacies
IX: conclusions
APPENDICES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX