Language and reality : on an episode in Indian thought / / by Johannes Bronkhorst ; translated from the French by Michael S. Allen and Rajam Raghunathan.
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 a perceived problem. Di...
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| Superior document: | Brill's Indological library, v. 36 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Edition: | Rev. and with a new appendix. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill's Indological library ;
v. 36. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (184 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Other title: | Langage et réalité. |
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| Summary: | 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 a perceived problem. Different currents in Indian philosophy can be understood as different attempts to solve this problem; these include the satkāryavāda of the Sāṃkhyas, the anekāntavāda of the Jainas, the śūnyavāda of the Buddhists, and many others. By bringing to light the shared problem underlying almost all schools of Indian philosophy, this book shows the interconnectedness of currents that had hitherto been thought of as quite independent of each other. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1283121131 9786613121134 9004204741 |
| ISSN: | 0925-2916 ; |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Johannes Bronkhorst ; translated from the French by Michael S. Allen and Rajam Raghunathan. |