Roy W. Perrett
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Two things in particular interested me:
(I) Although indian philosophers shared many questions with western philosophers, their starting points are significantly different. Take epistemology for example: whereas western philosophers tackle the concept of knowledge mostly from an internalist and belief-centered point of view, indian philosophers almost universally took knowledge to be a cognitive episode which featured a veridical cognition that has a causal route that goes back to a source of knowledge (be it perception, inference, testimony, whatever) - notably an externalist and causal point of view, one that would become popular in the west only during the 20th century.
(II) Indian philosophical debates were richly pluralistic, with three different religions (hinduism, buddhism and jainism) and their schools debating against one another. So we'll have many different theories, each with their own specific suppositions derived from their religious goals and maxims.
This also shows just how advanced indian philosophy also was compared to western debates during the classical and medieval age. Not on every aspect, surely, but it is quite surprising to see many of them discuss such advanced topics and put forth specific positions since the 2nd century CE (and sometimes even before these periods).
I wasn't happy with everything though, as there is some inconsistency in quality. Some debates are discussed more deeply than others, leaving e. g. debates in ethics a little shallow (the author however acknowledges that ethics is not really a very developed field in indian philosophy). Maybe it could've also been a little more systematic in its presentation, I suppose. Finally, there were a few typos here and there, but that is only a minor thing.
Overall I'm very happy with this book, and I recommend it to anyone interested in knowing a little more about indian philosophy and its theories.… (mer)