Recognizing Reality: Dharmakīrti's Philosophy and Its Tibetan InterpretationsDreyfus examines the central ideas of Dharmakīrti, one of the most important Indian Buddhist philosophers, and their reception among Tibetan thinkers. During the golden age of ancient Indian civilization, Dharmakīrti articulated and defended Buddhist philosophical principles. He did so more systematically than anyone before his time (the seventh century CE) and was followed by a rich tradition of profound thinkers in India and Tibet. This work presents a detailed picture of this Buddhist tradition and its relevance to the history of human ideas. Its perspective is mostly philosophical, but it also uses historical considerations as they relate to the evolution of ideas. |
Contents
Ontology and Categories | 47 |
Dharmakirtis Ontology | 60 |
The Ambiguities of the Concept of Existence | 73 |
The Purview of the Real | 83 |
Geluk Thinkers on Specific Ontology | 106 |
THE PROBLEM OF UNIVERSALS | 125 |
Introducing Universals | 127 |
Dharmakirti on Universals | 142 |
Was Dharmaklrti a Pragmatist? | 299 |
Can Inference Be Valid? | 316 |
PERCEPTION | 329 |
Philosophy of Perception | 331 |
Dharmakirtis Account of Perception | 345 |
A New Epistemology Begins Dharmottara on Perception | 354 |
Tibetan New Epistemology | 365 |
Chabas Philosophy of Mind | 379 |
Sagya Antirealism and the Problems of Predication | 154 |
Geluk Realism | 171 |
Realism in Buddhist Tradition | 189 |
PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE | 203 |
Introduction to Apoha | 205 |
Dharmaklrti on Concept Formation | 217 |
The Concept of Negation and the Evolution of the Apoha Theory | 233 |
Object Universal and Concept Formation | 250 |
Philosophy of Language | 261 |
EPISTEMOLOGY | 281 |
VALID COGNITION | 283 |
Dharmakirtis Epistemology of Valid Cognition | 285 |
Sapans Critique of the New Epistemology | 389 |
Perception and Apperception | 400 |
Are External Objects Perceptible? | 416 |
Epistemology Metaphysics and Religion | 428 |
Philosophy as an Education of the Mind | 443 |
Notes | 463 |
Tibetan Sanskrit English | 563 |
Sanskrit Tibetan English | 575 |
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Recognizing Reality: Dharmakirti's Philosophy and Its Tibetan Interpretations Georges B. J. Dreyfus No preview available - 1997 |
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