DHARMAKIRTI'S THEORY OF HETU-CENTRICITY OF ANUMANA

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Nyadya and Buddhism as the two important traditions of Indian Philosophical Thought distinguished themselves through a detailed inquiry into various aspects of Anumana. In both the traditions there flourished a long chain of logicians of great reputation and profound scholarship. Particularly in the Buddhist tradition Dharmakirti distinguished himself, through his scholarly works, as a renowned logician and exerted influenced alike both on his adversaries and followers. Although he has discussed a number of issues concerning Anumana in his different works no systematic attempt has been made to formulate and present Dharmakirti's unified theory of Anumana in its various aspects. The present work undertakes to do this for the first time in the world of Buddhist scholarship. Giving a sketch of the conceptual framework of Dharmakirti's philosophy by way of background, it discusses epistemic, constitutive and regulative conditions of Anumana according to him, and dealing with the validity and/or soundness aspects of Anumana along with Hetvabhasa it may give rise to, brings out their important implications not only for Dharmakirti's philosophy but also for Buddhist philosophy in general.

About the Author:

Dr. Mangala Chinchore (b. 23/09/1954) M.A., Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of Poona, has been working as a Lecturer in Buddhist Philosophy for the last five years in the Philosophy Department of Poona University. Apart from teaching courses on Buddhist Philosophy she has been actively participating in seminars and conferences. Her earlier publication is: Vadanyaya: A Glimps of Nyaya-Buddhist Controversy. Besides, she has about a dozen papers to her credit published in nationality and internationally renowned journals.

Foreword by Alex Wayman
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Introduction
CHAPTERS

1. GENERAL PERSPECTIVE REGARDING HETU-CENTRICITY OF ANUMANA
   Prefatory Remarks About Dharmakirti's Philosophy - A Sketch of Dharmakirti's Conceptual Framework - Primordiality of Epistemological Considerations - Inferential Cognition: A clue to Purusarthasiddhi - Methodological Treatment of Anumana

2. EPISTEMIC CONDITION OF ANUMANA
   The Need to Distinguish
   The Distinction Between Svarthanumana and Pararthanumana
   Dhramakirti's Remonstration
   Svarthanumana: Epistemic Condition of Anumana and Its Hetu-centricity

3. STRUCTURAL CONDITIONS OF ANUMANA
   The Function and Role of Structural Conditions of Anumana
   The Nature of Structural Conditions
   Dharmakirti's Uniqueness

4. REGULATIVE CONDITIONS OF ANUMANA
   Necessity of the Regulative Conditions
   Consideration of Paksadharmata
   General Nature of Vyapti
   Salient Features of Vyapti as a Rule
   Hetu-Centricity of Regulative Conditions

5. VALIDITY AND/OR SOUNDNESS OF ANUMANA
   Conditions of Validity
   Soundless of an Argument
   Kinds of Anumana

6. HETVABHASAS

7. IMPLICATIONS OF HETU-CENTRICITY OF ANUMANA
   General Implications
   Methodological Implications
   Epistemological Implications
   Buddha's Philosophy

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