Philosophy of Religion: Indian Philosophy
Roy W. Perrett
First Published in 2001. No anthologist succeeds in including everyone's favorites, so a few words about the principles of selection seem appropriate. Firstly, as with other volumes in this series, priority has been given to journal articles, rather than book chapters. However, some essential book chapters have been included, and the introductions to each volume include references to significant books. Secondly, the emphasis throughout is on philosophical studies of Indian philosophy. Consequently, much excellent historical and philological work has been omitted. Thirdly, the desire to make Indian philosophy accessible to interested Western philosophers has meant not only that all the selections are in English, but also that most of them use a minimal amount of unglossed Sanskrit terminology.
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Contents
Śamkara and Rāmānuja on Brahma Sūtra II 1 3236
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A Constitutive God An Indian Suggestion
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Some Arguments in Utpaladeva and Abhinavagupta for the Evidence of the Self as Śiva
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In Pursuit of Dialogue With Rāmānuja
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A DeathBlow to Śarikaras NonDualism? A Dualist Refutation
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Towards a Mīmāmsā Deconstruction
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Principled Atheism in the Buddhist Scholastic Tradition
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A Contrastive Study in Ideas about Maximal Greatness
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Karma as a Convenient Fiction in the Advaita Vedānta
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Notes Towards a Critique of Buddhist Karmic Theory
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Inherited Responsibility Karma and Original Sin
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Imperatives and Religion in India
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Some Philosophical Perspectives
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Towards a Pragmatics of Mantra Recitation
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The Meaninglessness of Ritual
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Analysis of the Religious Factors in Indian Metaphysics
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Reason Revelation and Idealism in Śartkaras Vedānta
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The Question of Doctrinalism in the Buddhist Epistemologists
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Rebirth
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The Naturalistic Principle of Karma
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Three Myths about Indian Philosophy
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Acknowledgments
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Abhidharmakośa Abhinavagupta action activity Advaita Advaita Vedānta agent appears argues argument ātman authority awareness beginningless belief body Brahman BrSuBh Buddha Buddhahood Buddhist Buddhist karmic theory causal cause claim commentary concept consciousness constitutive context creation creator devotionalism dharma Dharmakirti discussion distinction doctrine epistemology example existence experience fact God's great-making Hindu human identity illocutionary Indian philosophy individual interpretation karma karmic knower knowledge Kumārila language law of karma Lévi līlā logic Lord Mahāyāna mantra means meditation mental metaphysical Mīmāmsā MKBh mokṣa moral nature Non-Dualism notion Nyāya object omniscience one's p₁ person philosophical possible principle problem of evil proposition question Rāmānuja reason rebirth regard reincarnation relation religion and politics religious ritual rules Samkhya Śankara Sanskrit schools scripture sems-tsam sense sentient soul spiritual śruti suffering sūtras texts theology things tradition true truth universe Upanisads Utpaladeva Vasubandhu Veda Vedānta Vedic verse Yoga Yogācāra