A śabda reader language in classical Indian thought
"Language (śabda) occupied a central yet often unacknowledged place in classical Indian philosophical thought. Foundational thinkers considered topics such as the nature of language, its relationship to reality, the nature and existence of linguistic units and their capacity to convey meaning,...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press
[2019]
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Historical sourcebooks in classical indian thought. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b40764953*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part I. Introduction: General observations about philosophy in India
- The Brahmanical background
- Buddhist thought : source of inspiration
- The grammarian Patañjali
- The special place of Sanskrit and the Veda
- Self-contradictory sentences
- Do words affect cognition?
- Words and sentences
- Other denotative functions of the word
- Part II. Reader
- The Brahmanical background
- Buddhist thought : source of inspiration
- The grammarian Patañjali
- The special place of Sanskrit and the Veda
- Self-contradictory sentences
- Do words affect cognition?
- Words and sentences
- Other denotative functions of the word : Mukulabhaṭṭa.
