Many thanks also to Andrea for her kind help in a private communication. Howard
> On Jun 4, 2024, at 6:29 AM, Howard Resnick via INDOLOGY > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sincere thanks to Aleksandar, Matthew, Victor, Eli and Nagaraj for this very > helpful and very swift help! Your generosity is much appreciated. > > Howard > >> On Jun 4, 2024, at 5:46 AM, Matthew Kapstein <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Dear Howard, >> >> The questions you ask are large ones and a thorough answer would require >> reference to large swathes of work on the Indian logical and epistemological >> systems. For some broad indications that others may wish to fill in: >> >> The Nyāyakos'a, p. 29, has a short entry on anavasthā, which is usually >> treated as the technical designation for the regress. But in fact the >> problem is very frequently invoked in philosophical works of the Vedānta and >> Buddhist Madhyamaka traditions and elsewhere as well. >> >> The issue of foundations has been central to recent discussions of >> Madhyamaka critques of the nyāya schools, both Buddhist and non-Buddhist. >> But it has been raised explicitly using the term "foundationalism" primarily >> in work on Tibetan Madhyamaka. For a survey see here: >> https://www.academia.edu/109324532/Knowing_Illusion_Bringing_a_Tibetan_Debate_into_Contemporary_Discourse_Volume_I_A_Philosophical_History_of_the_Debate_and_Volume_II_Translations >> >> Finally, the issue of svataḥ pramāṇa has figured prominently in recent work >> on Mīmāṃsā, above all on Kumārila. I don't know what Caitanya's sources may >> have been, but he and his disciples were no doubt drawing on >> well-established philosophical currents. >> >> hope this is at least a start, >> Matthew >> >>> Dear Scholars, >>> >>> Does the nyāya system speak about the problem of an infinite regress of >>> proofs? Aristotle famously identifies and then avoids this problem through >>> the notion of a self-evident foundation or starting point of knowledge. In >>> Western epistemology, this strategy is often called foundationalism. >>> >>> Is there anything at all similar or analagous in nyāya or other Indian >>> schools? The Caitanya-caritāmṛta several times affirms that the Veda is >>> ’self-evident’, svataḥ pramāṇa, but the term is not used there as a general >>> or secular epistemic strategy. Is the CC simply repeating a well-known >>> epistemic principle? >>> >>> All help will be greatly appreciated. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> Howard >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> INDOLOGY mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > _______________________________________________ INDOLOGY mailing list [email protected] https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
