A śabda reader : language in classical Indian thought /

"Language (śabda) occupied a central yet often unacknowledged place in classical Indian philosophical thought. Foundational thinkers considered topics such as the nature of language, its relationship to reality, the nature and existence of linguistic units and their capacity to convey meaning,...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Bronkhorst, Johannes, 1946- (Éditeur intellectuel, Traducteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Sanskrit
Publié: New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
Collection:Historical sourcebooks in classical Indian thought.
Sujets:
Philosophy, Indic.
Semantics (Philosophy)
Language and languages > Philosophy.
Hindu philosophy.
Buddhist philosophy.
Jaina philosophy.
Sanskrit language > Philosophy.
Vedic language > Philosophy.
Philosophie de l'Inde.
Sémantique (Philosophie)
Langage et langues > Philosophie.
Philosophie hindoue.
Philosophie bouddhique.
Philosophie jaïna.
Sanscrit (Langue) > Philosophie.
Védique (Langue) > Philosophie.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Alphabets & Writing Systems.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS > Asian > Indic.
Buddhist philosophy
Hindu philosophy
Jaina philosophy
Language and languages > Philosophy
Philosophy, Indic
Sanskrit language > Philosophy
India > Languages > Philosophy.
Inde > Langues > Philosophie.
India
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Part I. Introduction: General observations about philosophy in India
  • The Brahmanical background
  • Buddhist thought : source of inspiration
  • The grammarian Patañjali
  • The special place of Sanskrit and the Veda
  • Self-contradictory sentences
  • Do words affect cognition?
  • Words and sentences
  • Other denotative functions of the word
  • Part II. Reader
  • The Brahmanical background
  • Buddhist thought : source of inspiration
  • The grammarian Patañjali
  • The special place of Sanskrit and the Veda
  • Self-contradictory sentences
  • Do words affect cognition?
  • Words and sentences
  • Other denotative functions of the word : Mukulabhaṭṭa.

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