Against a Hindu God : : Buddhist Philosophy of Religion in India / / Parimal Patil.

Philosophical arguments for and against the existence of God have been crucial to Euro-American and South Asian philosophers for over a millennium. Critical to the history of philosophy in India, were the centuries-long arguments between Buddhist and Hindu philosophers about the existence of a God-l...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2009]
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Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (400 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Comparative Philosophy of Religions
  • Part 1. Epistemology
  • 2. Religious Epistemology in Classical India: In Defense of a Hindu God
  • 3. Against Irvara: Ratnakirti's Buddhist Critique
  • Part 2. Language, Mind, and Ontology
  • 4. The Theory of Exclusion, Conceptual Content, and Buddhist Epistemology
  • 5. Ratnakirti's World: Toward a Buddhist Philosophy of Everything
  • Conclusion
  • 6. The Values of Buddhist Epistemology
  • References
  • Index