Critique Of Indian Realism

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Critique Of Indian Realism In this book the author makes a refreshingly new approach to the age-old problems of Indian Philosophy. The book is best described as a full and persuasive account of the inside story of the NyAya Vaiïeïka Realism. Instead of giving an exposition exclusively from its own sources, the Author presents this important system of Indian thought from a new perspective, from its encounter with the Buddhist School of DignÅga and Dharmakirti. Although the beginnings of the Vaiïeïika or the NyAya are pre-Buddhistic and they belong to a different metaphysical background, it was in the course of the philosophical duel sustained for over six centuries with the DignAga School of Buddhism that the NyAya Vaiïeîika attained its characteristic stamps as a consistent Realism closest to common sense. In this Process, it also gained in clarity and depth. Many of its basic conceptions, such as Substance, Attribute, Universal, Inherence, Causation and Perception undersent considerable mûication and reformulation as a result of its conflict with Buddhism, and no lessd from the internal criticism of the schools of MÍmÅØsÅ. One of the chief merits of the present work is that the author shows, with a wealth of detail and sound reasoning, the nature of the changes made and why the cnages were made. This scholarly work is a significant contribution towards our understanding of an important phase of Indian thought.