The Collected Writings of Jaysankar Lal Shaw: Indian Analytic and Anglophone Philosophy

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One of the first philosophers to relate Indian philosophical thought to Western analytic philosophy, Jaysankar Lal Shaw has been reflecting on analytic themes from Indian philosophy for over 40 years. This collection of his most important writings, introduces his work and presents new ways of using Indian classical thought to approach and understand Western philosophy. By expanding, reinterpreting and reclassifying concepts and views of Indian philosophers, Shaw applies them to the main issues and theories discussed in contemporary philosophy of language and epistemology. Carefully constructed, this volume of his collected writings, shows the parallels Shaw draws between core topics in both traditions, such as proper names, definite descriptions, meaning of a sentence, knowledge, doubt, inference and testimony. It captures how Shaw uses the techniques and concepts of Indian philosophers, especially the followers of the Navya-Nyaya, to address global problems like false belief, higher order knowledge and extraordinary perception. Exploring timeless ideas from Indian thought alongside major issues in contemporary philosophy, Shaw reveals how the two traditions can interact and throw light on each other, providing better solutions to philosophical problems. He has also reflected on modern issues such as freedom, morality and harmony from the classical Indian thought. Featuring a glossary and updates to his writings, The Collected Writings of Jaysankar Lal Shaw: Indian Analytic and Anglophone Philosophy also includes new work by Shaw on the relationship between Indian and analytic philosophy today. Title Page Copyright Page Contents Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Mokṣa-śāstra Ānvīkṣikī Darśana Notes Part One Metaphysics Chapter 1 Causality: Sāṃkhya, Bauddha and Nyāya Introduction Part I: The View of the Sāṃkhya Philosophers Part II: The View of the Bauddha Philosophers Part III: The View of the Nyāya Philosophers Notes Chapter 2 Buddhism on Suffering and Nirvāṇa I II Notes Chapter 3 The Referent of ‘I’: An Indian Perspective Introduction Memory Diagram Recognition Diagram Notes Chapter 4 The Nature of Nyāya Realism Part Two Epistemology Chapter 5 The Nyāya on Sources of Knowledge—Perception, Inference, Analogy and Testimony: Some Contemporary Problems and their Solutions from the Nyāya Perspective Introduction Section One: Perception  Section Two: Inference Section Three: analogy Section Four: Verbal cognition or Testimony Notes Chapter 6 Knowledge, Belief and Doubt: Some Contemporary Problems and their Solutions from the Nyāya Perspective Introduction I Knowledge II Belief and Doubt Notes Chapter 7 A Note on Cognition of Cognition in Indian Philosophy Note Chapter 8 Subject and Predicate I II III IV V Notes Chapter 9 Navya-Nyāya on Subject – Predicate and Related Pairs Part I Part II Part III Notes Part Three Logic and Mathematics Chapter 10 Austin on Falsity and Negation Notes Chapter 11 Empty Terms: The Nyāya and the Buddhists Notes Chapter 12 Negation and the Buddhist Theory of Meaning I II III IV Notes Chapter 13 The Nyāya on Double Negation I II Notes Chapter 14 Universal Sentences: Russell, Wittgenstein, Prior, and the Nyāya I II III Notes Chapter 15 Singular Existential Sentences: Contemporary Philosophy and the Nyāya I II Notes Chapter 16 The Nyāya on Number Note Chapter 17 The Concept of Relevance (Saṅgati) in Gaṅgeśa 1 Memory-context (prasaṅga) 2 Justification (upodghāta) 3 Cause (hetu) 4 Cessation of objectionable questions (avasara) 5 Having the same cause (nirvāhaka-aikya or nirvāhaka-ekatva) 6 Having the same effect (kārya-aikya or kārya-ekatva) Part Four Philosophy of Language Chapter 18 Proper Names: Contemporary Philosophy and the Nyāya I II Notes Chapter 19 Demonstrative Pronouns Notes Chapter 20 Descriptions: Some Contemporary Problems and their Solutions from the Nyāya Perspective I Notes Chapter 21 Conditions for Understanding the Meaning of a Sentence: The Nyāya and the Advaita Vedānta Introduction I II III IV Notes Chapter 22 Levels of Meaning Introduction Part I Part II Notes Chapter 23 ‘Saturated’ and ‘Unsaturated’: Frege and the Nyāya I II Notes Chapter 24 Some Reflections on Kripke I II III IV V Notes Part Five Morals and Values Chapter 25 Dharma and the Law of Karma in Indian Culture Introduction I II III Notes Chapter 26 The Nature of Human Beings: East and West Part One I II III IV Part Two Notes Chapter 27 Freedom: East and West Introduction I II III Notes Chapter 28 Swami Vivekananda and Bertrand Russell on Conception and Development of Human Being Introduction I Conception of the human being: Views of Vivekananda & Russell II Concepts of sustainable human development: Views of Vivekananda & Russell III Human development at the global level Notes Chapter 29 Concepts of Harmony in Indian Philosophy Notes Bibliography Index