Indian Philosophy

Author(s): Sukhlal Sanghavi
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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Foreword
CONTENTS
LECTURE ONE
Philosophy or the Science of Fundamental Principlesits Origin and its Subject-matter (World, Soul and God). 5-18
The meaning of the word Tattva '-6, Persistence-in-truth-7, The meaning of the word 'Darśana' Investigated-8, Relation Between the Greek and Indian Philosophical Speculation-13. The Order of Evolution in Philosophical Speculation-14,
LECTURE TWO
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The Relation of Cause and Effect: The Foundation of Philosophical Cognition and the Limitation of KnowledgeCapacity
Causal Relation on Different levels-19, The Generic and the Specific Accounted for-22, The Doctrine of effect existing in its cause (= satkāryavāda) and the Doctrine of effect not existing in its Cause (asatkaryavāda )-26, The four doctrines Arambhavada etc.-28, The Capacity for valid-cognition considered-28, The age when Independent Discussion on the Means of validcognition was absent and the one when it was independently present-32, The characteristic features of the later Philosophical Literature-34, The viewpoints impelling speculation-36, Various Classifications of philosophical Systems-36.
LECTURE THREE
World
The Non-conscious Element
The Carvaka Viewpoint as to the nature of the World-39, The Philosophical trends seeking for a subtle cause-40, The Sankhya viewpoint regarding the nature and the cause of the world-42, The Brahmavāda viewpoint regarding the nature and the cause of the world-45, The Vaiseṣika view regarding the nature and the cause of the World-46, The Jaina viewpoint regarding the nature
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18-38
39-58