TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smart,Ninian
TI  - Doctrine and Argument in Indian Philosophy
T2  - Asian Studies - Book Archive pre-2000
SN  - 9789004624504
AV  - B131 
U1  - 181/.4 23
PY  - 1992///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Philosophy, Indic.
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preliminary Material; Ninian Smart -- Preface to the New Edition; Ninian Smart -- Introduction; Ninian Smart -- Chapter I Metaphysical Systems; Ninian Smart -- Chapter II Buddhist Metaphysics; Ninian Smart -- Chapter III Jain Metaphysics; Ninian Smart -- Chapter IV Materialism and Exegesis; Ninian Smart -- Chapter V Distinctionism and Yoga; Ninian Smart -- Chapter VI Logic-Atomism; Ninian Smart -- Chapter VII Non-Dualism; Ninian Smart -- Chapter VIII Qualified Non-Dualism; Ninian Smart -- Chapter IX Dualism and Śaivite Doctrine; Ninian Smart -- Chapter X Analysis of the Religious Factors in Indian Metaphysics; Ninian Smart -- Chapter XI Arguments for and Against the Existence of God; Ninian Smart -- Chapter XII Arguments About Rebirth and the Soul; Ninian Smart -- Chapter XIII Epistemological Questions; Ninian Smart -- Chapter XIV Causation; Ninian Smart -- Chapter XV Induction and Inference; Ninian Smart -- Postscript on the Arguments; Ninian Smart -- Notes; Ninian Smart -- Glossary; Ninian Smart -- Brief Histories of the Schools; Ninian Smart -- Biographical Information; Ninian Smart -- Selected Bibliography; Ninian Smart -- Index of Subjects; Ninian Smart -- Indian Thought; Ninian Smart
N2  - A revised and updated edition of Ninian Smart's well-known work, long out of print, this study provides a lucid and helpful introduction to the chief systems and debates found in Indian (Hindu, Buddhist, Jain etc.) traditions of philosophy. Part 1 discusses the metaphysical systems, Buddhist metaphysics, Jain metaphysics, materialism and exegesis, distinctionism and yoga, logic-atomism, non-dualism, qualified non-dualism, dualism and Śaivite doctrine, analysis of the religious factors in Indian metaphysics. Part 2 examines arguments for and against the existence of God, arguments about rebirth and the soul, epistemological questions, causation, and induction and inference
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004624504
ER  -