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Recognizing reality :

Dreyfus, Georges B. J.

Recognizing reality : Dharmak�irti's philosophy and its Tibetan interpretations / Georges B.J. Dreyfus. - Albany : State University of New York Press, �1997. - 1 online resource (xxi, 622 pages). - SUNY series in Buddhist studies . - SUNY series in Buddhist studies. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 581-601) and indexes.

Introduction I.A Few Methodological Considerations -- Introduction II. Dharmakirti's Tradition in India and Tibet -- Ch. 1. Ontology and Categories -- Ch. 2. Dharmakirti's Ontology -- Ch. 3. The Ambiguities of the Concept of Existence -- Ch. 4. The Purview of the "Real" -- Ch. 5. Ge-luk Thinkers on Specific Ontology -- Ch. 6. Introducing Universals -- Ch. 7. Dharmakirti on Universals -- Ch. 8. Sa-gya Antirealism and the Problems of Predication -- Ch. 9. Ge-luk Realism -- Ch. 10. Realism in Buddhist Tradition -- Ch. 11. Introduction to Apoha -- Ch. 12. Dharmakirti on Concept Formation -- Ch. 13. The Concept of Negation and the Evolution of the Apoha Theory -- Ch. 14. Object Universal and Concept Formation -- Ch. 15. Philosophy of Language -- Ch. 16. Dharmakirti's Epistemology of Valid Cognition -- Ch. 17. Was Dharmakirti a Pragmatist? -- Ch. 18. Can Inference Be Valid? -- Ch. 19. Philosophy of Perception -- Ch. 20. Dharmakirti's Account of Perception -- Ch. 21. A New Epistemology Begins: Dharmottara on Perception -- Ch. 22. Tibetan New Epistemology -- Ch. 23. Cha-ba's Philosophy of Mind -- Ch. 24. Sa-pan's Critique of the New Epistemology -- Ch. 25. Perception and Apperception -- Ch. 26. Are External Objects Perceptible? -- Ch. 27. Epistemology, Metaphysics, and Religion -- Conclusion: Philosophy as an Education of the Mind.

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Dharmak�irti, active 7th century.
Dharmak�irti, active 7th century


Buddhist logic.
Buddhism--Doctrines.--China--Tibet Autonomous Region
PHILOSOPHY--Buddhist.
Buddhism--Doctrines.
Buddhist logic.


China--Tibet Autonomous Region.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.

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