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CONTENTS Notes on contributors xiii Preface xxiv I Knowledge, context, concepts 1 1 Interpretations or interventions? Indian philosophy in the global cosmopolis 3 Christian Coseru 2 Methodology in Indian philosophy 15 Nirmalya N. Chakraborty 3 Pramdna epistemology: origins and developments 27 Purushottama Bilimoria 4 Buddhist hermeneutics 40 John Powers 5 Process philosophy and phenomenology of time in Buddhism 49 Hari Shankar Prasad 6 Philosophy and religion in India 59 Jessica Frailer 7 Indian skepticism 71 Raghunath Ghosh 8 Self in Indian philosophy: questions, answers, issues 81 Michael P. Levine 9 Contents of consciousness: perception 91 Monima Chadha 10 Indian materialism 99 Raghunath Ghosh Ha Philosophical traditions 111 11 Philosophy of the Brahmanas 113 Herman TuU 12 Upanisads 122 Brian Black 13 Samkhya 131 Mikel Burley CONTENTS 14 The diverse traditions of Samkhya 141 Knut A. Jacobsen 15 Mimamsa 148 Elisa Freschi 16 The categories in Vaisesika: known and named 157 ShashiPrabha Kumar 17 Nyaya 175 Stephen Phillips 18 The Nyaya on inference and fallacies 184 /. L. Shau> 19 Embodied connectionism: Nyaya philosophy of mind 195 Douglas L. Berger 20 A phenomenological reading of the Nyaya critique of the no-self view: Udayana and the phenomenal separateness of self 204 Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad 21 Udayana's theory of extrinsic validity in his theistic monograph 214 Taisei Shida 22 Early Vedanta 223 Andrew J. Nicholson 23 Advaita Vedanta of Saiikara 233 Thomas A. Forsthoe/el 24 Avidya: the hard problem in Advaita Vedanta 242 Stephen Kaplan 25 Visistadvaita Vedanta 251 Christopher Bartle^ 26 An overview of classical Yoga philosophy as a philosophy of embodied self-awareness 263 Ana Laura Funes Maderey 27 A reassessment of classical Yoga philosophy 271 Ian Whicher lib Philosophical traditions 281 28 Indian Yogacara Buddhism: a historical perspective 283 WilliamS. Waldron 29 Early Mahayana 293 Peter Gilks CONTENTS 30 Abhidharma 302 Joseph Walser 31 Nagarjuna 311 Jay L. Garfield 32 Nagarjuna's early Madhyamaka: "deconstruction" and moderation 321 Douglas L. Berger 33 A spectrum of metaphysical positions concerning the existence or non-existence of a self: Nyaya, oaiva Siddhanta, Mlmamsa, Jainism and Buddhism 331 Alex Watson 34 Svatantrika Madhyamaka metaphysics: Bhavaviveka's conception of reality 343 Sonam Thakchoe 35 The two truths in Madhyamaka: Jnanagarbha 351 Sonam Thakchoe 36 Vajrayana Buddhism 360 Joseph Loizzo, edited b} Amj Rayner lie Philosophical traditions 371 37 Hermeneutics: Hindu, Buddhist, and Jaina 373 Arthur Dudney 38 Basic Jaina epistemology 381 Jayandra Soni 39 Anekantavada, Nayavada, and Syadvada: the history and significance of the Jaina doctrines of relativity 390 Jeffery D. Long 40 Jaina ethics and moral philosophy 399 Christopher Key Chappie 41 Tantra and Kashmiri Saivism 408 David Peter Lawrence 42 Looking beyond the Darsanas: Tantric knowledge systems and Indian philosophy 418 Jason Schwartz 43 The epistemology of classical Hindu Law 428 Donald R. Davis, Jr. 44 Abhinavagupta 437 Loriliai Biemacki XI CONTENTS 45 Cognition and language: Buddhist criticism of Bhartrhari's thesis 446 Toshiya Unebe 46 Alamkarkasastra as a philosophical discipline 456 David MeUins 47 Indian philosophy of music 467 William J. Jackson III Engaging and encounters: modern and postmodern 477 48 Islamic modernism in India 479 Muhammad Kamal 49 Gur-Sikh dharam 487 Balbinder Singh Bhogal 50 Buddhist ethics 496 Damien Keown 51 Process Buddhism: ethics and social engagement 506 Peter Paul Kakol, edited by Amy Rayner 52 Indian and European philosophy 516 Thomas B. Ellis 53 Modern philosophy in India 526 A. Raghuramaraju 54 Gandhi's truth: debating Bilgrami 536 Bindu Puri 55 Understanding Indian philosophical traditions 545 Anna-Pya Sjodin 56 G. R. Malkani 554 Sharad Deshpande 57 Postmodern approaches 561 Carl Olson 58 Philosophy in an age of postcolonialism 569 Joseph Prabhu Glossary of Sanskrit terms 580 Index 600 Xll.