Causality in the Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika School Author(s): Bimal Krishna Matilal Source: Philosophy East and West, Vol. 25, No. 1, The Problems of Causation: East and West (Jan., 1975), pp. 41-48 Published by: University of Hawai'i Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1398431 . Accessed: 06/08/2013 15:58 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. University of Hawai'i Press is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Philosophy East and West. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 130.65.109.155 on Tue, 6 Aug 2013 15:58:49 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions Bimal Krishna Matilal Causality in the Nyaya-Vai.esika school Causality implies a host of philosophic problems which are pertinent to different branches of philosophical studies. My aim here is, however, a modest one. While explaining the notion of cause as it was understood by different philosophical schools of classical India, I shall try to show that (a) concern for the notion of causation was taken more seriously in some Indian philosoph- ical schools than it had been in some of their Western counterparts, and (b) that the meaning of 'cause' (karana) is much wider in Indian philosophy than it is in the West.