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The Three Pillars of Skepticism in Classical India: Nāgārjuna, Jayarāśi, and Śrī Harṣa by Ethan Mills (review) |
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Balcerowicz, Piotr (著)
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| Source |
Philosophy East and West
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| Volume | v.71 n.1 |
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| Date | 2021.01 |
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| Pages | 1 - 9 |
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| Publisher | University of Hawaii Press |
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https://uhpress.hawaii.edu/
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| Location | Honolulu, HI, US [檀香山, 夏威夷州, 美國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | The Three Pillars of Skepticism in Classical India: Nāgārjuna, Jayarāśi, and Śrī Harṣa. By Ethan Mills. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2018. Pp. xxxvi + 217. Hardcover $100.00, ISBN 978-1-4985-5569-2. |
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| Abstract | There is relatively little literature on Indian skepticism, with hardly any
monograph on the subject comparable to, e.g., Julia Annas’ and Jonathan
Barnes’ The Modes of Scepticism: Ancient Texts and Modern Interpretations
(1985), R.J. Hankinson’s The Sceptics: The Arguments of the Philosophers (1995),
a series of Richard H. Popkin’s monographs on the history of skepticism, or two
recent competing volumes as collective efforts: The Oxford Handbook of
Skepticism edited by John Greco (2008) and The Cambridge Companion to
Ancient Scepticism edited by Richard Bett (2010). Therefore what promises to
provide a survey of the skeptical tradition of South Asia should potentially be
regarded as a milestone work in the research on the history of ideas in Indian
philosophy and could be the first ever monograph on Indian skepticism. Does
the work deliver what it promises? While I argue that the methodology used to
reach the conclusion is faulty, the path to the book’s thesis, despite its ultimate
lack of support, is engaging and well worth the journey. |
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| ISSN | 00318221 (P); 15291898 (E) |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1353/pew.2021.0014 |
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| Created date | 2021.07.13 |
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| Modified date | 2021.07.14 |
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