Analogy in Indian and Western Philosophical Thought

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BOSTON STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Editors ROBERT S. COHEN, Boston University JÜRGEN RENN, Max-Planck-Institute for the History of Science KOSTAS GAVROGLU, University of Athens

Editorial Advisory Board THOMAS F. GLICK, Boston University ADOLF GRÜNBAUM, University of Pittsburgh SYLVAN S. SCHWEBER, Brandeis University JOHN J. STACHEL, Boston University MARX W. WARTOFSKY†, (Editor 1960–1997)

VOLUME 243

DAVID B. ZILBERMAN

ANALOGY IN INDIAN AND WESTERN PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT Edited by

HELENA GOURKO Boston University and

ROBERT S. COHEN Boston University

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ISBN-10 1-4020-3339-7 (HB) ISBN-10 1-4020-3340-0 (e-book) ISBN-13 978-1-4020-3339-1 (HB) ISBN-13 978-1-4020-3340-7 (e-book)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Editorial Note (by Robert S. Cohen). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

vii

Introductory essay (by Helena Gourko) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1

On the Composition of this Book (by Helena Gourko) . . . . . . . . . . . . .

41

Analogy in Western Philosophy and Indian Approaches to Analogy: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

45

Analogy in Navya-Nya− ya

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56

History of Indian Logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

110

The Indian Type of Cultural Tradition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

121

Revelation of Mechanism of Tradition in a Form of Grammatical Paradigms of Indian Logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

143

` . kara− on Intuition and the Organization of The Teaching of San Philosophical Texts in Order to Perceive the Transcendental. . . . . . . . . .

165

− − − − Mι− ma− m . sa/On Certainty of Perception in Mι mam.sa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

170

Advaita-Veda− nta: ‘S´ariraka-Bha− s.ya’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

176

Upade´sa-Sahasri (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

180

Writing and Tradition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

188

Tradition of the Idea of Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

204

The Hellenic Type of Cultural Tradition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

215

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CONTENTS

The Western Type of Cultural Tra

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