Analogy in Indian And Western Philosophical Thought

by Zilberman, David B.; Gourko, Helena; Cohen, Robert S.

• ISBN13: 9781402033391
• ISBN10: 1402033397
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-05-30
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

This book is unusual in many respects. It was written by a prolific author whose tragic untimely death did not allow to finish this and many other of his undertakings. It was assembled from numerous excerpts, notes, and fragments according to his initial plans. Zilberman's legacy still awaits its true discovery and this book is a second installment to it after The Birth of Meaning in Hindu Thought (Kluwer, 1988). Zilberman's treatment of analogy is unique in its approach, scope, and universality for Western philosophical thought. Constantly compared to eastern and especially classical Indian interpretations, analogy is presented by Zilberman as an important and in many ways primary method of philosophizing or philosophy-building. Due to its universality, this method can be also applied in linguistics, logic, social analysis, as well as historical and anthropological research. These applications are integral part of Zilberman's book. A prophetic leap to largely uncharted territories, this book could be of considerable interest for experts and novices in the field of analogy alike.

Table of Contents

Editorial Note by Robert S. Cohen	vii
Introductory essay by Helena Gourko	1	(40)
On the Composition of this Book by Helena Gourko	41	(4)
Analogy in Western Philosophy and Indian Approaches to Analogy: Introduction	45	(11)
Analogy in Navya-Nyaya	56	(54)
History of Indian Logic	110	(11)
The Indian Type of Cultural Tradition	121	(22)
Revelation of Mechanism of Tradition in a Form of Grammatical Paradigms of Indian Logic	143	(22)
The Teaching of Sankard on Intuition and the Organization of Philosophical Texts in Order to Perceive the Transcendental	165	(5)
Mimamsal/On Certainty of Perception in Mimamsa	170	(6)
Advaita-Vedanta:‘Sariraka-Bhasya'	176	(4)
Upadesa-Sahasri (1)	180	(8)
Writing and Tradition	188	(16)
Tradition of the Idea of Man	204	(11)
The Hellenic Type of Cultural Tradition	215	(7)
The Western Type of Cultural Tradition	222	(6)
Notes	228	(7)
Appendices	235	(36)
(1) Theories of Analogy, Western and Eastern	235	(4)
(2) Description of the Project (for the Indian Fellowship)	239	(3)
(3) Excerpts from a Scientific Career Account	242	(1)
(4) Syllabus: 'Hindu Systems of Thought: A cultural approach'	243	(3)
(5) Karma - Mimamsa: An active mensuration	246	(4)
(6) Analogy in Prachina - Nyaya	250	(3)
(7) Analogy in Jaina's Philosophy	253	(3)
(8) Analogy in Buddhism	256	(2)
(9) Plato/Analogy	258	(2)
(10) Ptolemy/Analogy	260	(1)
(11) On Katha - Upanisad	261	(10)
Name Index	271