Horin - Comparative Studies in Japanese Culture

Abstract

Gregor Paul Introduction ; Klaus Glashoff Using formulas for the interpretation of ancient Indian logic ; Claus Oetke In which sense are Indian theories of inference non-monotonic? ; Gregor Paul Logic in Buddhist texts. With particular reference to the Zhonglun ; Takashi IWATA On the concept of necessity in Buddhist texts - from the perspectives of the Yogacaras and the Buddhist logical tradition ; Tom J. F Tillemans The slow death of the trairiipya in Buddhist logic: A propos of Sa skya Paldita ; Pascale Hugon Interpretations of the trairiipya in Tibet ; Shoryu KATSURA Paksa, Sapaksa and Asapaksa in Dignaga's Logic ; Helmut Krasser Are Buddhist Pramal,1avadins non-Buddhistic? Dignaga and DharmakIrti on the impact of logic and epistemology on emancipation ; Birgit Kellner First logic, then the Buddha? The controversy about the chapter sequence of Dharmaklrti's PramiiIJaviirttika and the soteriological relevance of inference ; Volker Beeh Argument and logic in the eighth chapter of Nagarjuna's Mu-lamadhyamakakiirikiis and in Candraklrti's Commentary ; Shinya MORIYAMA Is the proof of the omniscient Buddha possible? ; Eli Franco Xuanzang's proof of idealism (vijiiaptimatrata) ; Annette L. Heitmann Insight into reality (tattvajiiana) as defined in 6th century Indian Madhyamaka ; The authors ;