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Classical Indian Philosophy of Mind: The Nyaya Dualist Tradition
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Classical Indian Philosophy of Mind: The Nyaya Dualist Tradition Hardcover - 1999

by Kisor Kumar Chakrabarti


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This book examines psycho-physical dualism as developed by the Nyaya school of Indian philosophy. Dualism is important to many world religions which promote personal immortality and to morality which promotes free will. For the Nyaya, the self is a permanent, immaterial substance to which non-physical internal states like cognition belong. This view is challenged by other Indian schools, especially the Buddhist and Carvaka schools.. Chakrabarti brings out the connections between the Indian and the Western debates over the mind-body problem and shows that the Nyaya position is well developed, well articulated, and defensible. He shows that Nyaya dualism differs from Cartesian dualism and is not vulnerable to some traditional objections against the latter. A brief discussion of the Samkhya and the Advaita theories of the self and the critique of these views from the Nyaya standpoint are included, as well as a discussion of a classical Nyaya causal argument for the existence of God. The appendix contains an annotated translation of selected portions of Udayana's masterpiece, Atmatattvaviveka (Discerning the Nature of the Self.)

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  • Title Classical Indian Philosophy of Mind: The Nyaya Dualist Tradition
  • Author Kisor Kumar Chakrabarti
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 329
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher State University of New York Press
  • Date 1999-06
  • Features Annotated, Bibliography
  • ISBN 9780791441718 / 0791441717
  • Weight 1.29 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.38 x 6.3 x 0.89 in (23.83 x 16.00 x 2.26 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Cultural Region: Indian
  • Library of Congress subjects Atman, Nyaya
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-47027
  • Dewey Decimal Code 181.43

About the author

Kisor Kumar Chakrabarti is the Forrest S. and Jean B. Williams Professor, Ferrum College. He is the author of The Logic of Gotama and Definition and Induction.

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Albany, NY, USA: State University of New York Press, 1999. First U.S. Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xx, 309pp w appendix, notes, bibliography and index. Titled boards are clean and without wear. Binding square and sound. Octavo.
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