Validity of Knowledge : Book III
Contents: I. Validity of knowledge with a critique: 1. What is meant by the validity of knowledge? 2. What is valid knowledge? 3. Logician’s view. 4. Bhatta’s view. 5. Guru’s view. 6. The Jaina’s definition of validity. 7. The Buddhist view. 8. Validity in the view of the Sankarite. 9. Views of other Vedantins regarding validity. 10. The Samkhya view of validity. 11. The Samkhya (Yoga) definition of validity of knowledge. II. The sources of the validity of knowledge : 12. The Samkhya view of the source of the validity of knowledge. 13. A criticism of the Samkhya theory. 14. The Mimamsaka’s view of the sources of validity of knowledge. 15. Prabhakara’s view in particular. 16. Validity from internal sources in the cognitive aspect. 17. Internality of validity in its activity aspect. 18. A criticism of the Mimiamsaka theory of internality of validity (merits). 19. The Mayavadin’s theory of internality of validity. 20. The Madhva theory of the internality of validity. 21. Ramanuja’s theory. 22. A criticism of the Vedantin’s theories of validity. 23. The Buddhist conception of the sources of validity. 24. The Madhyamika view. 25. A criticism of the Buddhist view of validity. 26. The logician’s theory of the externality of validity of knowledge. 27. Validity from external sources of the logician in the productional aspect. 28. Externality of validity in the cognitive aspect in the logician’s view. 29. The Jaina view of the sources of the validity of knowledge. 30. A critique of the theories of the sources of validity in the cognitive aspect. 31. A review of the source of validity in the productional aspect. Glossary and concordance of technical terms. Index.
"The present book deals with validity of knowledge and its sources. The book is divided into two chapters namely Validity of knowledge with a critique; the sources of the validity of knowledge. The view points of Jaina’s, Buddhist, Mimamsaka, Vedantins, Samkhya, Sankhya Yoga, Madhava, Mayavada, Ramanuja, Madhymika are discussed. A glossary and concordance of the technical terms and an index is included in the book." (jacket)
