Scriptural Authority, Reason and Action

Eltschinger, Vincent [u.a.] [Hrsg.]:
Scriptural Authority, Reason and Action : Proceedings of a Panel at the 14th World Sanskrit Conference, Kyoto, September 1st-5th 2009 / ed. by Vincent Eltschinger and Helmut Krasser. - Wien : Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2013. - XIX, 485 S. - (Beiträge zur Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens ; 79) (Sitzungsberichte / Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse ; 847)
ISBN 978-3-7001-7551-3
EUR 67,70
DDC: 294.382; 208.2

Beschreibung
The present volume is the outcome of the panel “Scriptural Authority and Apologetics in the Indian Religio-Philosophical Environment” held in the framework of the 14th World Sanskrit Conference (Kyoto, September 2, 2009). It contains eleven essays by specialists in the fields of Mahāyāna Buddhism (P. Skilling, R. Walser), Buddhist epistemology (V. Eltschinger, H. Krasser, S. Moriyama, S. McClintock), Jainism (P. Balcerowicz), Mīmāṃsā and early Vedānta (K. Kataoka, H. David), and Pratyabhijñā philosophy (I. Ratié, R. Torella). The topics dealt with range from different symbolic, esthetic and institutional means of scriptural authorization (the long tongue of the Buddha, the preaching dais) to theories of rational choice in ethical-soteriological matters, from “inclusivism” to the critique of competing claims to the perception of the supersensible. Besides presenting in-depth contributions on little studied areas of Indian philosophy, this volume sheds unprecedented light on the diversity, persistence and structural homogeneity of the philosophers’ enquiries into the legitimacy and the modalities of religious authority and scriptural testimony. It also bears witness to the strong impact of religious pluralism and competition on the nature and the agenda of Indian philosophy. [Verlagsinformation]

Herausgeber
Vincent ELTSCHINGER is research fellow at the Austrian Academy of Sciences and a guest professor at various universities. Profile page [überpr. am 4. Jan. 2014].
Helmut KRASSER is the director of the Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and associate professor at the Department of South-Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the University of Vienna. Profile page [überpr. am 4. Jan. 2014].

Quellen: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften; Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften; WorldCat; Buchhandel.de
Bildquelle: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
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