Language and Mind - Volume 2:(The Classical Indian Perspective)-K.S. Prasad-DECENT BOOKS-9788186921456
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| The relation between
language and mind is a fascinating area in both the Western and the Indian
philosophical modes of thinking. Indian philosophers of language raise the
question: How does the hearer derive
knowledge from the speaker’s utterances? In the process of finding an answer,
they developed some important insights into language and cognition, language
generated awareness, etc. In many of their formulations the concept of mind
is assumed as the background of linguistic activity. This volume throws light
on various debates concerning the relation between language and mind as
conceived in the Classical Indian Tradition. Papers in this volume have been
arranged in three groups based on their thematic composition: (1) the
inadequacy thesis proposed by the Madhyamika school of Buddhism and the
Vedantins which suggests that language fails to express certain experiences;
(2) the identity thesis held by the Grammarians which suggests that language
is the Reality; and (3) the adequacy thesis supported by the Naiyayikas which
suggests that whatever exists is capable of being known and whatever is known
is capable of being expressed in language. This book is the second of a
two-volume project dealing with language and mind. The first dealt with the
Western perspective and the present work deals with the Classical Indian
Perspective. |
| Book |
| ISBN |
9788186921456
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| PUBLISHER |
DECENT BOOKS |
| Binding |
HARDCOVER |
| Edition |
2008 |
| Language |
ENGLISH |
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