A revised and updated edition of Ninian Smart's well-known work, long out of print, this study provides a lucid and helpful 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, 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.
- ISBN10 9004094792
- ISBN13 9789004094796
- Publish Date 1 May 1992 (first published 1 February 1964)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 1 March 2014
- Publish Country NL
- Imprint Brill
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 278
- Language English
- URL http://brill.com/product_id2510