On being and what there is : classical Vaiśeṣika and the history of Indian ontology / Wilhelm Halbfass

• VerfasserIn: Halbfass, Wilhelm 1940-2000
• Place / Publishing House: Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [1992]; © 1992
• שנת הוצאה לאור: 1992
• שפה: English
• Classification: 08.10 - Nichtwestliche Philosophie: Allgemeines; 08.31 - Metaphysik. Ontologie; 15.77 - Indischer Subkontinent
• תיאור פיזי: viii, 303 Seiten; 33 cm
• הערות: Literaturangaben
• סיכום: Halbfass combines specialized philological and conceptual investigations with general philosophical and comparative reflections to present a history of the ontology of the Vaisesika system, which is commonly considered the lowest of the Vaisesika school, he focuses on the older period up to Udayana, whose work paves the way for Navyanyaya.
• ISBN: 079141177X; 9780791411780; 0791411788
• ac_no: AC00577415
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Wilhelm Halbfass

Halbfass combines specialized philological and conceptual investigations with general philosophical and comparative reflections to present a history of the ontology of the Vaisesika system, which is commonly considered the lowest of the Vaisesika school, he focuses on the older period up to Udayana,...