Logic language and reality/
Krishna Bimal Matilal
- 2nd ed.
- Varanasi: Motilal Banarsidas, 2008.
- 447 p.
Chapter one: Logic and Diallciic in Ancihnt and Mudilval India 1.1 Ancient Indian Logic and the Question of Greek Influence 1.2 Rules of Dialectic and Debate 1.3 Argument and Pseudo-Argument {Nyciya and Nyaydbliasa) 1.4 The Early Nyaya Theory of Inference {Nydyasutru 1.1.5) 1.5 Pseudo-Reason 1.6 What Do We Infer? 1.7 The Triple-Character' of Reason Chapter Two: Problems of Philosophical Logic in Navyanyaya 2.1 Empty Terms 2.2 Reference and Existence 2.3 The Navyanyaya Logic of Property and Location 2.4 The Problem of 'Universal Properties' (kevalanvayin) 2.5 Inference and Concomitance (yydpti) 2.6 Double Negation in Navyanyaya 2.7 The 'Difference' of Difference 2.8 Definition and Classification 2.9 Definition, Differentiation and Essence Chapter Three: Problems or Knowledge and Perception 3.1 Awareness and Knowledge 3.2 Perceiving and Misperceiving 3.3 Knowing the External World 3.4 Memory CuM'iEK Four; ONiouxacAL PR{)in i:\is Three Rival Ontologies; Nyilya, lUiddhisin aiul Jainism Causality Substance (Jainisni and \'aisc.sika) Seven Ways of Non-Absolutism {Saptabhan^i) 'limptincss' and 'Many-sidedness' AriilyO in Buddhism, Yoga and Nyaya The Enigmas of Buddhism; Alayaoijndna, Diibkhu and Nirvana Transmigration and the Moral Enigma of Kanna CllAPTLR FlVI:; iNlhRAC lioN ol GRAMMAR AND PlIII.OSOl'HY The Doctrine of Karana Substance and Quality in Sanskrit Grammatical Theory Grainmatieal Categories: A Navyanyaya Appraisal The Notion of the Sentence {vakya) (iranimuticaiily and Meaningfulness