On Dharmakīrti’s Notion of Contingency/Dependence, with a Special Focus on vināśa
| Autor: | Masamichi Sakai |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Cultural Studies
060303 religions & theology Philosophy Interpretation (philosophy) 05 social sciences 0507 social and economic geography 06 humanities and the arts 0603 philosophy ethics and religion 050701 cultural studies Epistemology Focus (linguistics) Ontology Contingency Philosophy of religion |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Indian Philosophy. 46:419-436 |
| ISSN: | 1573-0395 0022-1791 |
| Popis: | The concept of contingency is very much debated. In this paper, I’ll offer a novel interpretation of it in Dharmakīrti’s ontology, focusing on his treatment and understanding of vināśa (translation: perishing) which is, according to Dharmakīrti, not contingent and thus occurs necessarily to everything. I will do so by clarifying some important terms, motivating and explaining Dharmakīrti’s position, and analyzing firsthand some Dharmakīrtian debate excerpts with Nyāya and/or Vaiśeṣika philosophers as the main opponents. In the course of this, I will show that basically, for Dharmakīrti, contingency is tantamount to dependency, whereas Nyāya and/or Vaiśeṣika authors, e.g., Śrīdhara and Bhāsarvajna, claim that something can be dependent on something else and still be necessary. |
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