LEADER 04116nam 2200673 450 001 9910452155603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-231-50779-8 024 7 $a10.7312/arno13280 035 $a(CKB)1000000000460325 035 $a(EBL)991496 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000115443 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11138113 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000115443 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10007670 035 $a(PQKB)11491488 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC991496 035 $a(DE-B1597)458611 035 $a(OCoLC)979776382 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231507790 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL991496 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11086447 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL811678 035 $a(OCoLC)64394415 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000460325 100 $a20150819h20052005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBuddhists, brahmins, and belief $eepistemology in South Asian philosophy of religion /$fDan Arnold 210 1$aNew York, [New York] :$cColumbia University Press,$d2005. 210 4$dİ2005 215 $a1 online resource (327 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-13281-6 311 $a0-231-13280-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction: On the Rational Reconstruction of South Asian Philosophy -- $tPART I: BUDDHIST FOUNDATIONALISM -- $tPART II: THE REFORMED EPISTEMOLOGY OF P?RVA M?M? M??S? -- $tPART III: THE METAPHYSICAL ARGUMENTS OF MADHYAMAKA -- $tNotes -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aIn Buddhists, Brahmins, and Belief, Dan Arnold examines how the Brahmanical tradition of Purva Mimamsa and the writings of the seventh-century Buddhist Madhyamika philosopher Candrakirti challenged dominant Indian Buddhist views of epistemology. Arnold retrieves these two very different but equally important voices of philosophical dissent, showing them to have developed highly sophisticated and cogent critiques of influential Buddhist epistemologists such as Dignaga and Dharmakirti. His analysis-developed in conversation with modern Western philosophers like William Alston and J. L. Austin-offers an innovative reinterpretation of the Indian philosophical tradition, while suggesting that pre-modern Indian thinkers have much to contribute to contemporary philosophical debates.In logically distinct ways, Purva Mimamsa and Candrakirti's Madhyamaka opposed the influential Buddhist school of thought that emphasized the foundational character of perception. Arnold argues that Mimamsaka arguments concerning the "intrinsic validity" of the earliest Vedic scriptures are best understood as a critique of the tradition of Buddhist philosophy stemming from Dignaga. Though often dismissed as antithetical to "real philosophy," Mimamsaka thought has affinities with the reformed epistemology that has recently influenced contemporary philosophy of religion.Candrakirti's arguments, in contrast, amount to a principled refusal of epistemology. Arnold contends that Candrakirti marshals against Buddhist foundationalism an approach that resembles twentieth-century ordinary language philosophy-and does so by employing what are finally best understood as transcendental arguments. The conclusion that Candrakirti's arguments thus support a metaphysical claim represents a bold new understanding of Madhyamaka. 606 $aKnowledge, Theory of (Buddhism) 606 $aMimamsa 606 $aMa?dhyamika (Buddhism) 606 $aKnowledge, Theory of 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aKnowledge, Theory of (Buddhism) 615 0$aMimamsa. 615 0$aMa?dhyamika (Buddhism) 615 0$aKnowledge, Theory of. 676 $a121/.0954 700 $aArnold$b Daniel Anderson$f1965-$01044286 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452155603321 996 $aBuddhists, brahmins, and belief$92469833 997 $aUNINA