Ratnakirti's proof of exclusion
By: Patrick McAllister
Series: Sitzungsberichte / Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse) -- 898. Band; Beiträge zur Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens -- Nr. 98; Sitzungsberichte (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse) -- 898. Bd.; Beiträge zur Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens -- Nr. 98.
Publisher: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Wien
Language: eng; san
Number of pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9783700184003
Copyright date: 2020
Subjects: Buddhist logic
Description: "The theory of universals that was developed and upheld by Buddhist philosophers in premodern India since the sixth century CE is famous for its central claim that any judgment of a similarity between things is not due to anything substantially real that the things share, but to their difference from other things  (anyāpoha). This book investigates the theory as it is presented in the Apohasiddhi, a work written by the Buddhist monk and teacher Ratnakīrti in the eleventh century, during the last flowering of philosophical activity in Indian Buddhism."--Back cover.
Notes: Revised thesis (doctoral)--Universität Wien, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-394).

English and Sanskrit