Indian logic and atomism: an exposition of the Nyāya and Vaiçeṣika systems

Title Page......Page 1
PREFACE......Page 3
CONTENTS......Page 5
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 7
1. The Antecedents of Logic and the Atomic Theory.......Page 9
2. The Nyaya and Vaicesika Systems......Page 19
3. Pracastapada, Vatsyayana, and Uddyotakara......Page 25
1. Vacaspati Micra, Bhasarvajna, Udayana, and Cridhara......Page 29
2. Gangeca and the Nuddea School......Page 33
3. The Syncretist School.......Page 36
1. The Nature and Forms of Knowledge.......Page 42
2. The Forms of Knowledge and Proof......Page 53
3. The Nature and Forms of Error......Page 59
1. Normal Perception......Page 68
2. The Forms of Perception and their Objects......Page 75
3. Transcendental Perception.......Page 81
1. The Development of the Doctrine of Inference and Syllogism......Page 85
2. Pracastapada and Dignaga.......Page 93
3. The Final Form of the Doctrine of Inference.......Page 111
4. The Final Form of the Doctrine of Syllogism......Page 122
5. Analogy or Comparison......Page 127
1. The Origin and Development of the Doctrine of Fallacies.......Page 131
2. Dignaga and Prastastapada.......Page 133
3. The Final Form of the Doctrine of Fallacies......Page 143
4. Other Logical Errors.......Page 152
1. The Nature of Speech.......Page 158
2. The Authority of Speech......Page 165
VI. THE DIALECTICAL CATEGORIES.......Page 174
1. The Categories of Kanada and Gautama......Page 177
2. Substance, Quality, and Activity.......Page 179
3. Generality, Particularity, and Inherence......Page 190
4,. Cause and Effect.......Page 196
5. Non-existence.......Page 202
1. The Atomic Theory.......Page 206
2. The Atoms, their Qualities, Motion, and Products......Page 217
3. Ether and Sound.......Page 227
4. Time and Space.......Page 230
1. Soul, Mind, and Body.......Page 236
2. The Purpose and Destiny of the Individual.......Page 248
1. The Theism of the System.......Page 260
2. The Proof of the Existence of God......Page 264
ENGLISH INDEX......Page 273
SANSKRIT INDEX......Page 281