{"product_id":"an-indian-theory-of-defeasible-reasoning-the-doctrine-of-upa-dhi-in-the-upa-dhidarpan-a-9780674273412","title":"An Indian Theory of Defeasible Reasoning: The Doctrine of upa dhi in the Upa dhidarpan a","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eThe pre-Gaṅgeśa Navya-Nyāya treatise \u003ci\u003eUpādhidarpaṇa\u003c\/i\u003e (UD) deals with the \u003ci\u003eupādhi\u003c\/i\u003e, a key concept in the Navya-Nyāya theory of inference. This volume is the first published edition and translation of the only manuscript of the UD. Notes have been added to elucidate the historical context of the authors, works, and philosophical doctrines in the UD. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 304 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 25 March 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe anonymous pre-Gaṅgeśa Navya-Nyāya treatise \u003ci\u003eUpādhidarpaṇa\u003c\/i\u003e (UD) deals exclusively with the so-called \u003ci\u003eupādhi\u003c\/i\u003e, a key concept in the Navya-Nyāya theory of inference. The present volume contains the first published edition and translation of the only extant manuscript of the UD. Numerous notes have been added to the translation in order to elucidate the contents and to give a clue to the historical context, as regards authors, works, and philosophical doctrines that are referenced in the UD. Moreover, an extensive introductory chapter provides new insights into relations between the Navya-Nyāya doctrine of \u003ci\u003eupādhi\u003c\/i\u003e and modern logical theories such as John L. Pollock’s theory of defeasible reasoning and property theories, especially property adaptations of well-founded and non-well-founded set theories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA very intriguing aspect of the UD is the author’s attempt to define all candidate \u003ci\u003eupādhis\u003c\/i\u003e by means of a “general defining characteristic” (\u003ci\u003esāmānyalakṣaṇa\u003c\/i\u003e) which is a property of itself. He advocates a non-well-founded property concept and distances himself from what is \u003ci\u003ecommunis opinio\u003c\/i\u003e in Nyāya, \u003ci\u003eviz.\u003c\/i\u003e that self-dependence (\u003ci\u003eātmāśraya\u003c\/i\u003e) is a kind of absurdity. No such discussion concerning the problem of foundation in the Navya-Nyāya logic of property and location is to be found in the later \u003ci\u003eUpādhivāda\u003c\/i\u003e of Gaṅgeśa’s Tattavacintāmaṇi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 720g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 183 x 262 x 23 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780674273412\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eberhard Guhe","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44098281046266,"sku":"9780674273412","price":33.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1648203742297_book.jpg?v=1648224857","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/an-indian-theory-of-defeasible-reasoning-the-doctrine-of-upa-dhi-in-the-upa-dhidarpan-a-9780674273412","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}