Meaning and Non-existence: Kumarila's Refutation of Dignaga's Theory of Exclusion

The Apohavada Chapter of Kumarila's Slokavarttika; Critical Edition and Annotated Translation
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-7001-8641-0
Verlag: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Buch, Englisch, Band 102, 268 Seiten, ENGLBR, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 508 g

Reihe: Beiträge zur Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens

In the Apohavada chapter of his Slokavarttika, the seventh-century Hindu philosopher Kumarila undertakes an exhaustive critique of the distinctive Buddhist theory of meaning, the “theory of exclusion”, or Apohavada. According to this theory, which was introduced by the sixth-century Buddhist thinker Dignaga, a word refers not to some positive entity such as a universal, but to an “exclusion”. It became one of the core teachings of the Buddhist epistemological tradition. The debate on it is illustrative of the Buddhist-Brahmin disputes that shaped the development of classical Indian philosophy. This translation of Kumarila’s chapter, together with a critical edition, is accompanied by a running explanation based on the classical commentaries and extensive notes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kataoka, Kei

Taber, John

Weitere Mitwirkende

Kellner, Birgit

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Indische & Asiatische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus

Über Autor(innen)

Taber, John
is Regents' Professor of Philosophy emeritus in the Department of Philosophy, University of New Mexico

Kataoka, Kei
is Associate Professor of Indian philosophy at Kyushu University

Kellner, Birgit
is head of the Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia at the Austrian Academy of Sciences