(in Polish) Przedmiot specjalizacyjny2 3600-7-IN4-PS2(L)
The seminar (conversatorium) continues from the previous semester. It offers an in-
depth insight into the philosophical schools of classical India, based on Indian
schools philosophical works (in translation) and secondary literature. In addition, it
expands the themes with the following elements: theory of knowledge
(epistemology), theory of language, scepticism. Particular topics are liable to
change. Part One (15.00-16.30) is a discussion based on the selected readings
(secondary literature) in English. Part Two (16.45-18.15) is based on the readings
in the Pātañjala-yoga-śāstra (Sanskrit text).
Type of course
Bibliography
1. Materialism of the Cārvāka/Lokāyata
BHATTACHARYA, Ramkrishna (2017) ‘A History of Materialism: From Ajita To
Udbhaṭa’, in: Ganeri, Jonardon (ed.) (2017) The Oxford Handbook of Indian
Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press: 344–359.
2. Preliminary
pages 27-48
Hiriyanna, M.: Indian Conception of Values. Mysore 1975: “Part One – Logical
Value” (pp. 27-144).
3. realistic theories
pages 49-83
Hiriyanna, M.: Indian Conception of Values. Mysore 1975: “Part One – Logical
Value” (pp. 27-144).
4. idealistic theories
pages 84-113
Hiriyanna, M.: Indian Conception of Values. Mysore 1975: “Part One – Logical
Value” (pp. 27-144).
5. absolute truth
pages 114-144
Hiriyanna, M.: Indian Conception of Values. Mysore 1975: “Part One – Logical
Value” (pp. 27-144).
6. epistemology (pramāṇa)
pages 21-45
Matilal, Bimal Krisna: Perception. An Essay on Classical Indian Theories of
Knowledge. Oxford 1986: “Philosophy and method” (pp. 21-93).
7. epistemology (scepticism)
pages 46-68
Matilal, Bimal Krisna: Perception. An Essay on Classical Indian Theories of
Knowledge. Oxford 1986: “Philosophy and method” (pp. 21-93).
8. epistemology (philosophical argument)
pages 69-93
Matilal, Bimal Krisna: Perception. An Essay on Classical Indian Theories of
Knowledge. Oxford 1986: “Philosophy and method” (pp. 21-93).
9. mimansa - epistemology I
pages 50-73
Pandurangi, K.T. (ed.): Purvamimamsa from an Interdisciplinary Point of View.
History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization. Delhi 2006:
chapter: K.T. Pandurangi: “The Epistemology of Purvamimamsa” (pp. 53-100).
10. mimansa - epistemology II
pages 74-100
Pandurangi, K.T. (ed.): Purvamimamsa from an Interdisciplinary Point of View.
History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization. Delhi 2006:
chapter: K.T. Pandurangi: “The Epistemology of Purvamimamsa” (pp. 53-100).
11. Buddhist foundationalism I (‘Dignāga’s Transformation of Buddhist
Abhidharma’)
pages 11–31
Arnold, Dan: Buddhists, Brahmins and Belief. Epistemology in South Asian
philosophy of Religion. New York 2005: “Buddhist Foundationalism”, pp. 11-55.
12. Buddhist foundationalism II (‘The Problems with Buddhist
Foundationalism’)
pages 32–56
Arnold, Dan: Buddhists, Brahmins and Belief. Epistemology in South Asian
philosophy of Religion. New York 2005: “Buddhist Foundationalism”, pp. 11-55.
13. Jayarasi the Sceptic
Mills, Ethan: "Jayaraśi’s Delightful Destruction of Epistemology", Philosophy East
and West 65,2 (2015) 498–541.
14. Jayarasi the Sceptic (fragments)
Franco, Eli: Perception, Knowledge and Disbelief: A Study of Jayarāśi's Scepticism,
Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi 1994. (fragments)
15. Jayarasi - sceptic or materialist?
Balcerowicz, Piotr: “Jayarāśi”, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Spring
2011/2021 editions, edited by Edward N. Zalta.
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/jayaraasi/
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