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Autore |
Bronkhorst Johannes <1946-> |
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Titolo |
Language and reality [[electronic resource] ] : on an episode in Indian thought / / by Johannes Bronkhorst ; translated from the French by Michael S. Allen and Rajam Raghunathan |
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ISBN |
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1-283-12113-1 |
9786613121134 |
90-04-20474-1 |
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Edizione |
[Rev. and with a new appendix.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (184 p.) |
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Collana |
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Brill's Indological library, , 0925-2916 ; ; v. 36 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Philosophy, Indic - History |
Language and languages - Philosophy - History |
Reference (Philosophy) - History |
Reality - History |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Aim of the lectures -- Early Brahmanical literature -- Panini's grammar -- A passage from the Chandogya Upanisad -- The structures of languages -- The Buddhist contribution -- Vaisesika and language -- Verbal knowledge -- The contradictions of Nagarjuna -- The reactions of other thinkers -- Sarvastivada Samkhya -- The Agamasastra of Gaudapada -- Sankara -- Kashmiri Saivism -- Jainism -- Early Vaisesika -- Critiques of the existence of a thing before its arising -- Nyaya -- Mimamsa -- The Abhidharmakosa bhasya of Vasubandhu -- The Abhidharmasamuccaya of Asanga and its bhasya -- Bhartrhari -- The problem of negation -- Dignaga and verbal knowledge -- The Bodhisattvabhumi -- Prajnakaragupta -- Indian thinkers and the correspondence principle -- Appendix. The Mahaprajnaparamitasastra and the Samkhya tanmatras. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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For a number of centuries Indian philosophers of all persuasions were convinced that there was a particularly close connection between language and reality, also, or even primarily, between sentences and the situations they describe. This shared conviction was responsible for |
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