Reverberations of Dharmakirti’s Philosophy

by Birgit Kellner | 2020 | 264,305 words

Summary: This collection of articles studies the philosophy of Dharmakirti (6th century) and his predecessor Dignaga (5th century), as refected against the philosophical currents in India, China and Tibet at during their time. This study takes up the fields of epistemology and logic and investigates the Buddhist theories of Pramana (“instruments of trustworthy awareness”).

Source 1: motilalbanarsidass.com
Source 2: library.oapen.org

Contents of this online book ( + / - )

The full text of the Reverberations of Dharmakirti’s Philosophy in English is available here and publically accesible (free to read online). Of course, I would always recommend buying the book so you get the latest edition. You can see all this book’s content by visiting the pages in the below index:

Preface

Opening Speech by Shōryū Katsura

Participants of the Fifth International Dharmakīrti Conference

Jitāri’s Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi

Dharmakīrti against Physicalism

Maṇḍana Miśra’s Excursus on the Buddha’s Omniscience

On the Determination of Causation by Dharmakīrti

Reinterpretation of the Compound svabhāva-pratibandha

A Dialogue with Dharmakīrti on Inferential Evidence

Unestablished Subjects in Arguments by Consequence

Two Kinds of Causal Capacity: Sāmānyā śaktiḥ and Pratiniyatā śaktiḥ

Jñānaśrīmitra on Viparyaya-bādhaka-pramāṇa