Doctrine and argument in Indian philosophy

Abstract

A revised and updated edition of Ninian Smart's work, this study provides an introduction to the chief systems and debates found in Indian (Hindu, Buddhist, Jain etc) traditions of philosophy. Part 1 discusses the metaphysical systems, Buddhist metaphysics, Jain metaphysics, materialism and exegesis, distinctionism and yoga, logic-atomism, non-dualism, qualified non-dualism, dualism and Saivite doctrine, and analysis of the religious factors in Indian metaphysics. Part 2 examines arguments for and against the existence of God, arguments about rebirth and the soul, epistemological questions, causation, and induction and inference.

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