A Course in Indian Philosophy

Shipping Note: This item usually arrives at your doorstep in 10-15 daysAuthor: A K WarderPublisher: Motilal BanarsidassYear: 1998Language: EnglishPages: 248ISBN/UPC (if available): 81-208-1244-1 DescriptionThis outline is intended to serve as an introduction for Indian philosophy, providing essential basic material for the study, chronologically arranged with references for further reading.This volume is the first general introduction, for English-reading students. It shows how Indian philosophers have posed such questions as whether we can be sure we 'know' anything, whether words 'mean' anything, whether it is possible to generalize from observed regularities in nature and whether there is anything in nature, or in 'reality', corresponding to our concept of a 'class'. It traces the sustained and rigorous analysis of such philosophical problems through many centuries, indicating in outline the interrelationships of ideas and 'schools' and development of the theory of knowledge, for