Philosophy of Religion: Indian Philosophy

by Roy W. Perrett (Editor)

Overview

First Published in 2001. No anthologist succeeds in including everyone's favorites, so a few words about the principles of selection seem appropriate. Firstly, as with other volumes in this series, priority has been given to journal articles, rather than book chapters. However, some essential book chapters have been included, and the introductions to each volume include references to significant books. Secondly, the emphasis throughout is on philosophical studies of Indian philosophy. Consequently, much excellent historical and philological work has been omitted. Thirdly, the desire to make Indian philosophy accessible to interested Western philosophers has meant not only that all the selections are in English, but also that most of them use a minimal amount of unglossed Sanskrit terminology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135703295
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/15/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Roy W. Perrett, Massey University

Table of Contents

Herman, A L, Indian Theodicy:Samkara and Ramanuja on Brahmasutrabhasya II, Philosophy East and West 21 [1971] Biderman, Shlomo, A 'Constitutive' God - a An Indian Suggestion, Philosophy East and West 32 [1982] Nagel, Bruno M I, Untiy and Contradiction: Some Arguments in Utpaladeva and Abhinavagupta for the evidence of the self as Siva, Philosophy East and West 45 [1995] Lipner, J J, The World as God's 'Body': In Pursuit of Dialogue with Ramanuja, Religous Studies 20 [1984] Betty, L Stafford, A Death-Blow to Sankara's Non-Dualism?, Religous Studies 20 [1976] Bilimoria, Purosottama, Hindu Doubts About God: Towards a Mimamsa Deconstruction, International Philosophical Quarterly 30 [1990] Hayes, Richard P, Principled Atheism in the Buddhist Scholastic Tradition, Journal of Indian Philosophy 16 [1988] Griffiths, Paul J, Buddha and God: a Contrastive Study in Maximal Goodness, Journal of Religion 69 [1989] Taber, John, Reason, Revelation and Idealism in Sankara's Vedanta, Journal of Indian Philosophy 9 [1981] Hayes, Richard P, The Question of Doctrinalism in the Buddhist Epistemologists, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 52 [1983] Perrett, Roy W, Rebirth, Religous Studies 23 [1987] Potter, Karl H, The Naturalistic Principle of Karma, Philosophy East and West 14 [1964] Deutsch, Eliot, Karma as a 'Convenient Fiction' in the Advaita Vedanta, Philosophy East and West 15 [1965] Griffiths, Paul J, Notes Towards a Critique of Buddhist Karmic Theory, Religous Studies 18 [1982] Forrest, Peter, Inherited responsibility, karma and Original Sin, Sophia 33 [1994] Biderman, Shlomo, Religion and Imperatives, /eligous Traditions 4 [1981] Perrett, Roy W, Religion and Politics in India: Some Philosophical Perspectives, Religous Studies 33 [1997] McDermott, A C S, Towards A Pragmatics of Mantra Recitation, Journal of Indian Philosophy, 3 [1975] Staal, Frits, The Meaninglessness of Ritual, Numen 26 [1979] Smart, Ninian, Analysis of the Religious Factors in Indian Metaphysics, Doctrine and Argument in Indian Philosophy [London:George Allen & Unwin, 1964] Krishna, Daya, Three Myths about Indian Philosophy, Diogenes 55 [1966]

Editorial Reviews

Though Indian philosophy and religion were not indistinguishable, as many westerners belief, Perett (Massey U.) explains that religious concerns did motivate the work of many Indian philosophers, and there is definitely a genre of the philosophy of religion. He introduces reproductions of 21 articles, most originally published between the 1970s and the 1990s. They explore such topics as an Indian suggestion for a constitutive god, a dualist refutation to Sankara's non-dualism, the question of doctrinalism in the Buddhist epistemologists, the naturalistic principle of karma, imperatives and religion in India, and three myths about Indian philosophy. They are not indexed. The volume is the fourth in a series of five. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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