Language and Reality: On an Episode in Indian Thought

by Johannes Bronkhorst, Michael S. Allen, Rajam Raghunathan

For a number of centuries Indian philosophers of all persuasions were convinced that there was a particularly close connection between language and reality, also, or even primarily, between sentences and the situations they describe. This shared conviction was responsible for a perceived problem. Different currents in Indian philosophy can be understood as different attempts to solve this problem; these include the satkāryavāda of the Sāṃkhyas,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004204350
• ISBN13: 9789004204355
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.5"