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Apoha: Buddhist Nominalism and Human Cognition
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Description for Apoha: Buddhist Nominalism and Human Cognition
Hardback. Editor(s): Siderits, Mark; Tillemans, Tom; Chakrabarti, Arindam. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
When we understand that something is a pot, is it because of one property that all pots share? This seems unlikely, but without this common essence, it is difficult to see how we could teach someone to use the word "pot" or to see something as a pot. The Buddhist apoha theory tries to resolve this dilemma, first, by rejecting properties such as "potness" and, then, by claiming that the element uniting all pots is their very difference from all non-pots. In other words, when we seek out a pot, we select an object that is not a non-pot, and ... Read more
When we understand that something is a pot, is it because of one property that all pots share? This seems unlikely, but without this common essence, it is difficult to see how we could teach someone to use the word "pot" or to see something as a pot. The Buddhist apoha theory tries to resolve this dilemma, first, by rejecting properties such as "potness" and, then, by claiming that the element uniting all pots is their very difference from all non-pots. In other words, when we seek out a pot, we select an object that is not a non-pot, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231153607
SKU
V9780231153607
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About M Sicierits
Mark Siderits is professor of philosophy at Seoul National University and the author of Indian Philosophy of Language, Personal Identity and Buddhist Philosophy, and Buddhism as Philosophy. Tom Tillemans is professor of Buddhist studies at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. His books include Scripture, Logic, Language: Essays on Dharmakirti and His Tibetan Successors.Arindam Chakrabarti is professor of philosophy at the ... Read more
Reviews for Apoha: Buddhist Nominalism and Human Cognition
This is a landmark work in apoha theory and Indian epistemology and logic. The most distinguished contemporary scholars in this field have collaborated on a set of essays notable not only for their philological erudition and philosophical acuity but also for the fact that they engage one another so productively. Together they illuminate this topic more than any previous scholarship. ... Read more