Dear colleagues, it is my great pleasure to inform you of a new publication from Vienna:
Ernst Steinkellner, "A Splash of the Logical Reason : Dharmakīrti's Hetubindu Translated". Austrian Academy of Sciences Press,
This volume provides the first modern translation of the recently found original Sanskrit text of Dharmakīrti’s Hetubindu (ca. 600 CE), the first Indian work of pure logic. The concise definitions and explanations of the central terms are enriched by several extensive digressions, such as on the pervasion (vyāpti) in the proof of momentariness of entities, with his conceptions of causality, and on the nature of non-perception or negative cognition (anupalabdhi), as well as by the supplement of a refutation of Īśvarasena’s theorem of six characteristics for a logical reason (ṣallakṣaṇahetu). The translation aims at making the content available to specialists in Indian epistemology and also to philosophers and logicians in general who have no knowledge of classical Sanskrit. It is provided with a short introduction and a detailed structural outline.
The volume is available in print and Open Access: https://verlag.oeaw.ac.at/en/product/a-splash-of-the-logical-reason/99200857 With best regards, Birgit Kellner -- Prof. Birgit Kellner, PhD, wM Direktorin Institut für Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Hollandstraße 11-13/2 1020 Wien Prof. Birgit Kellner, PhD, wM Director Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia Austrian Academy of Sciences Hollandstrasse 11-13/2 1020 Vienna Austria Tel./Phone: +43-(0)-1-51581-6420 Web: http://ikga.oeaw.ac.at _______________________________________________ INDOLOGY mailing list [email protected] https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
