Thank you so much, Lubomir! This is great! I haven't checked back on their website since April.
Thanks to Ram, too, for mentioning Matilal's Perception. Best, Lee Ling On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 8:47 PM Lubomír Ondračka <[email protected]> wrote: > Ganeri's lecture series mentioned by Alex is available here (MP3, > handouts, slides): > > https://www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/john-locke-lectures > > He talked on the distinction between naive and direct realism mainly in > the first lecture. > > L. > > > > On 14/06/2024 13:14, Lee Ling Ting via INDOLOGY wrote: > > Dear Alex, Olena, and Matthew, > > Thank you so much for the information. > They are all very helpful. > I will check out the articles/books mentioned. > > Alex, is there anywhere to have access to Ganeri's lecture notes or videos > where I can find his discussion on the distinction between direct realism > and naive realism? > > > Best, > Lee Ling > > > > On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 8:10 PM Alex Watson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Dear Lee Ling >> >> Did you have a definition of direct realism in mind? >> >> If you're interested in Nyāya sources in particular, and not Mīmāṃsā >> sources, you could start by looking at the earliest commentaries on >> Nyāyasūtra 1.1.4. The sūtra itself admits of too many interpretations to >> be decisive. >> >> Thanks to Professor Łucyszyna for mentioning Watson & Kataoka (2010): it >> is available on my academia.edu page: >> https://ashokauniversity.academia.edu/AlexWatson >> >> By the way, Jonardon Ganeri's recent John Locke lectures distinguish, as >> some but not all contemporary philosophers of perception do, between direct >> realism and naive realism. He argues that early Nyāya should properly be >> seen as naive realist, not direct realist; and that Matilal was wrong to >> depict it as mere direct realism. >> >> Best >> Alex >> >> On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 12:07 PM Ołena Łucyszyna via INDOLOGY < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Dear Lee Ling, >>> >>> the *nirākāra-(jñāna-)vāda* (advocated by the Naiyāyikas, the >>> Mīmāṃsakas, the Jainas, and the Vaibhāṣika Buddhists) can be called direct >>> realism. The earliest text that formulates the* nirākāra *standpoint >>> and sparks the *nirākāra*—*sākāra* debate is probably Śabara’s >>> *Śābarabhāṣya* (to be more precise, the Vṛttikāra’s commentary cited by >>> Śabara in* Śābarabhāṣya* I, 1, 5). Śabara’s commentator Kumārila Bhaṭṭa >>> presents well-developed argumentation for the *nirākāra-vāda *in his >>> *Ślokavārttika >>> *(V, 4, the *Śūnyavāda *section). These two sources belong to Mīmāṃsā. >>> The Nyāya source advocating the *nirākāra-vāda* I am familiar with is >>> Bhaṭṭa Jayanta’s *Nyāyamañjarī. * For Bhaṭṭa Jayanta’s defence of the >>> *nirākāra-vāda*, see >>> >>> Kataoka, K. (2003). Critical edition of the *Vijñānādvaitavāda* section >>> of Bhaṭṭa Jayanta’s *Nyāyamañjarī*. >>> https://www2.lit.kyushu-u.ac.jp/~kkataoka/Kataoka/NMvijR.pdf. >>> Watson, A., & Kataoka, K. (2010). Bhaṭṭa Jayanta’s refutation of the >>> Yogācāra Buddhist doctrine of Vijñānavāda: Annotated translation and >>> analysis. *South Asian Classical Studies*, *5*, 285–352. >>> >>> This is one of many valuable publications I can recommend: Sinha, J. >>> (1938). *Indian realism*. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. >>> >>> The *nirākāra-vāda* can be called direct realism, but the *sākāra-vāda* >>> has no correspondence in Western philosophy. The *sākāra-vāda *encompasses >>> two very different theories: indirect realism (representationalism) and >>> phenomenalism. >>> >>> With best regards, >>> Olena >>> -- >>> Ołena Łucyszyna, Dr. habil., Professor of the Institute >>> <http://www.iksiopan.pl/index.php/en/structure/research-staff/867-olena-lucyszyna-phd-dr-habil> >>> of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures >>> Polish Academy of Sciences >>> Nowy Świat 72 >>> 00-330 Warsaw >>> ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6972-649X >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *Od:* INDOLOGY <[email protected]> w imieniu >>> użytkownika Lee Ling Ting via INDOLOGY <[email protected]> >>> *Wysłane:* piątek, 14 czerwca 2024 10:06 >>> *Do:* Indology List <[email protected]> >>> *Temat:* [INDOLOGY] Direct Realism of Nyāya >>> >>> Dear members of the list, >>> >>> Greetings! >>> I have a question to ask. >>> What are some of the earliest Nyāya sources that * explicitly *spell out >>> that >>> Naiyāyikas uphold direct realism (not just realism)? I'd appreciate it if >>> you could point me in the right direction. >>> Thank you! >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Lee Ling >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> INDOLOGY mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >>> >> >> >> -- >> Alex Watson >> Professor of Indian Philosophy, Ashoka University >> >> *https://ashokauniversity.academia.edu/AlexWatson >> <https://ashokauniversity.academia.edu/AlexWatson>* >> > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing > [email protected]https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > > >
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