Vātsyāyana's Commentary on the Nyāyā-sūtra : a guide /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dasti, Matthew R.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Series:	Oxford guides to philosophy.
Subjects:	Vātsyāyana, > approximately 350-approximately 425. > Nyāyabhāṣya. Nyāyabhāṣya (Vātsyāyana) Nyaya. Nyāya. Ancient & Classical. History & Surveys. PHILOSOPHY. Eastern. Metaphysics. Nyaya History of philosophy, philosophical traditions. Philosophy. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1 - The Central Topics of Nyaya
Chapter 2 - Epistemology and Philosophy of Language
Chapter 3 - Objects of Knowledge
Chapter 4 - Objects of Knowledge and the Knowledge that Leads to the Supreme Good
Chapter 5 - Dialectics
Appendix A - Thematic reading plans and recommended scholarship
Appendix B - Vatsyayana's philosophical commitments summarized
Appendix C - Immediate inference, postulation, and contraposition: on Vatsyayana's logical "error"