Artha: meaning testimony and the theory of meaning in indian philosophical analysis

By:

"Ganeri, Jonardon"

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi; OUP; 2011Description: 258pISBN:

9780198074137

Subject(s):

Arth

DDC classification:

121.68 GEN

Summary: A word has the power to stand for an object. And the capacity to understand words gives people the power to acquire knowledge. In this volume, Jonardon Ganeri examines theories of meaning or artha . He discusses approaches in different schools of thought-Grammarian, M m¢ṃsaka, Buddhist, and early and late Naiy¢yika- highlighting the relationship between linguistic meaning and testimony. Focusing primarily on the Navya-Ny¢ya school, he demonstrates that classical Indian theory of language can inform and be informed by contemporary philosophy.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Gandhi Smriti Library	121.68 GEN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		147626

Total holds: 0

A word has the power to stand for an object. And the capacity to understand words gives people the power to acquire knowledge. In this volume, Jonardon Ganeri examines theories of meaning or artha . He discusses approaches in different schools of thought-Grammarian, M m¢ṃsaka, Buddhist, and early and late Naiy¢yika- highlighting the relationship between linguistic meaning and testimony. Focusing primarily on the Navya-Ny¢ya school, he demonstrates that classical Indian theory of language can inform and be informed by contemporary philosophy.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.