Siddhasena Mahāmati and Akalaṅka Bhaṭṭa: A Revolution in Jaina Epistemology

Balcerowicz, Piotr

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“…14-16). 22 On the development of epistemological models see: Balcerowicz (2016c). 23 Most philosophical texts begin with the discussion of the epistemic means to know and justify main claims of the particular system, or with a pramāṇa section.…”

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Beginnings of Jaina Ontology and Its Models

Balcerowicz

2021

J Indian Philos

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The paper analyses the beginnings of systematic ontology in Jainism, which appears to have began after first century CE, albeit certain ontology-relevant terminology in a nascent form was present earlier. A clear expression of systematic ontological reflection is the existence of models that organize ideas and categories in a more consistent conceptual scheme. Jainism follows similar developments that had earlier taken shape in in the early Buddhist Abhidharma, proto-Sāṁkhya-Yoga and proto-Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika. In addition, the paper argues that the models, five in total, can be used as a methodological tool to distinguish various historical layers in early Jaina writings.

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Beginnings of Jaina Ontology and Its Models

Balcerowicz

2021

J Indian Philos

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Introduction on Ontological Dimension of Higher Education with Chinese Characteristics

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2019

Perspectives on Rethinking and Reforming Education

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Jain Philosophers in the Debating Hall of Classical India

Gorisse

2020

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In classical India, the practice of rational debate between thinkers from different philosophico-religious traditions, especially between Naiyāyika, Mīmāṃsaka, Buddhist and Jain thinkers, is central and shaped the whole edifice of knowledge. The core of such debates is an inferential reasoning whose premises and structure are such that it ensures that its conclusions are recognised as knowledge statements, irrespective of the obedience of the interlocutor. Around the 7th c., a pan-Indian consensus was achieved on what counts as a correct inferential reasoning. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the contribution of the tradition that is Jainism to the framework of philosophical disputations in India. First, by offering a historical overview of the role and nature of debates in India, focusing on the role and nature of inference in these debates, and introducing the specificities of Jain philosophers in this paradigm. Second, this paper will explore the evolution of the conceptions of inferential reasoning within the Jain tradition, from the early canonical Powered by Editorial Manager® and ProduXion Manager® from Aries Systems Corporation literature to modernity, focusing on their position in the pan-Indian debating hall, as well as on their inclusion in a bigger whole that includes social and soteriological concerns.

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Siddhasena Mahāmati and Akalaṅka Bhaṭṭa: A Revolution in Jaina Epistemology

Cited by 6 publications

References 11 publications

Beginnings of Jaina Ontology and Its Models

Beginnings of Jaina Ontology and Its Models

Introduction on Ontological Dimension of Higher Education with Chinese Characteristics

Jain Philosophers in the Debating Hall of Classical India

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