Buddhists, Brahmins, and Belief: Epistemology in South Asian Philosophy of Religion

by Dan Arnold

Book Overview

In Buddhists, Brahmins, and Belief, Dan Arnold examines how the Brahmanical tradition of Purva Mimamsa and the writings of the seventh-century Buddhist Madhyamika philosopher Candrakirti challenged dominant Indian Buddhist views of epistemology. Arnold retrieves these two very different but equally important voices of philosophical dissent, showing them to have developed highly sophisticated and cogent critiques of influential Buddhist epistemologists...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231132816
• ISBN13: 9780231132817
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher