Scripture, Logic, Language: Essays on Dharmakirti and his Tibetan Successors
Author:
Tom J.F. Tillemans
ISBN:
0861711564
Format:
Handover
Publish Date:
June, 2005
Book Review
Book Description Buddhist philosophers have long sought to work out the mysteries of the universe through a technical system of logic.
About the Author Tom J.F. Tillemans is Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, and editor of the Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies. He is an expatriate Canadian living in Switzerland.
Scripture Logic Language: Essays on Dharma Kirti and His Tibetan Successors
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Buddhist philosophers have long sought to work out the mysteries of the universe through a technical system of logic. The unrivaled master of this system was the 6th century logician Dharmakirti, one of India's most influential thinkers. Collected here are twelve articles by Prof. Tom Tillemans, a scholar of Buddhist logic whose work has greatly enhanced our knowledge of this complex system. These articles analyze such topics as deviant logic, subject failure in the Indo-Tibetan Buddhist logical tradition, and the logical and rational limits for the authority of Buddhist scripture.