Analytical Philosophy in Comparative Perspective Exploratory Essays in Current Theories and Classical Indian Theories of Meaning and Reference

Analytical Philosophy in Comparative Perspective Exploratory Essays in Current Theories and Classical Indian Theories of Meaning and Reference / edited by Bimal K. Matilal, Jaysankar Lal Shaw.

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Other Authors: Matilal, Bimal K. (Editor), Lal Shaw, Jaysankar (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1985.
Edition:1st ed. 1985.
Series:Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science ; 178
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Subjects:
Language and languages—Philosophy.
Philosophy, Asian.
Epistemology.
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Table of Contents:
  • Analytical Philosophy in Comparative Perspective: An Introduction
  • We Are All Children of God
  • The Syncategorematic Treatment of Predicates
  • The Paradox of Naming
  • Substance and Kind: Reflections on the New Theory of Reference
  • The Easy Examination Paradox
  • Models for Actions
  • Some Problems Concerning Meaning
  • Abstraction, Analysis and Universals: The Navya-Ny?ya Theory
  • Psychologism in Indian Logical Theory
  • A Speech-Act Model for Understanding Navya-Ny?ya Epistemology
  • Some Epistemologically Misleading Expressions: “Inference”, and “Anum?na”, “Perception” and “Pratyaksa”
  • The Pr?bh?kara Mim?ms? Theory of Related Designation
  • Plato’s Indian Barbers
  • Proper Names: Contemporary Philosophy and the Ny?ya
  • Awareness and Meaning in Navya-Ny?ya.

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