Some Problems in Jaina Psychology

SR No.: 001260
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: T G Kalghatgi
Publisher: Karnatak University Dharwar
Publication Year: 1961
Total Pages: 205
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Philosophy
File Size: 13 MB

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CONTENTS
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Preface
PAGES Introduction
imiv The aim of the treatise - Jainism as realistic philosophy - Antiquity of Jainism - Synthetic view of Indian philosophy - Philosophy and psychology - Psychology and epistemology - The plan of the work - Clarification regarding references to modern psychology.
CHAPTER I The Jaina Theory of the Soul
Historical development of the idea of the soul - The Jaina analysis of the nature of the soul-Characteristics of the soul from the phenomenal and the noumenal points of view - Types of soul existence - Bahirātman, antarātman and the paramātman - Analysis of self by William James and James Ward - Size of the soul - Jaina view - Reconciliation of the conflict - Classification of the empirical individual souls - The nature of the pure soul.
CHAPTER II Mind in Jainism
The problem of mind in ancient Indian and Western philosophy - Nature of mind - Jaina theory of mind - Mind as a sense organ - Mind as structure and function - Each Jiva has its own mind - Instrumental nature of mind - Mind as aprūpyakāri - Body and mind - Psychological analysis of the relation.
CHAPTER III The Jaina Theory of Upayoga
30 Upayoga as a characteristic of the soul - Sākāra and anākāra upayoga - Upayoga interpreted as horme-Jñāna and darśanaRelation between jñāna and darśana-Their occurrence in the kevalin-- Cetană---Its nature-Relation between cetanā, jñāna, darśana and upayoga--The Jaina view of consciousness compared with the Nyāya view-States of consciousness-Self-consciousness--The unconscious.
CHAPTER IV The Sense Organs and the Senses
Nature of sense experience - Sense organs as instruments - Number of sense organs - Classification of sense organs in Western thought - Dravyendriya and bhāvendriya, structure and function - Their subdivisions - Prāpyakāritva - Grades of animal life on the basis of the possession of sense organs - Sense qualities - Psychological analysis of sense qualities.
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