Zum Begriff Der Substanz Im Vaisesika

Author(s): Wilhelm Halbfass
Publisher: Wilhelm Halbfass

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166 WILHELM HALBFASS classical Vaisesika-- levels which at the same time correspond to histori. cally different strata: a cosmological-'enumerative one, and a logical. functional one. The role of drarya is further illustrated by examining its epistemological function as alleged datum of pre-predicative immediate perception and by showing its conceptual evaporation or at least transformation in an increasingly logical and epistemological climate of discussion. - Some of the consequences of Prasastapada's epistemological treatment of dravya are traced, and it is contrasted with the theories of some Naiyayi. kus concerning an actually separate perceptibility of 'substanco as such'.