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On Self-Awareness in the Sautrāntika Epistemology |
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Moriyama, Shinya
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Journal of Indian Philosophy
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| Volume | v.38 n.3 |
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| Date | 2010.06 |
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| Pages | 261 - 277 |
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| Publisher | Springer |
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http://www.springer.com/gp/
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| Location | Berlin, Germany [柏林, 德國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Keyword | Sākārajñānavāda; Self-awareness; Cognition of other minds; Subjectivity |
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| Abstract | This paper aims to examine the role of self-awareness (svasaṃvedana) for the Sautrāntika epistemological tenet known as the doctrine that cognition has a form (sākārajñānavāda). According to this theory, we perceive external objects indirectly through the mental forms that these objects throw into our minds, and this cognitive act is interpreted as self-awareness. However, if one were to interpret the cognitive act such that the subjective mental form (grāhakākāra/svābhāsa) grasps the objective mental form, the position of the subjective mental form becomes problematic—it becomes superfluous, as can be demonstrated with reference to Dignāga’s explanation of the Sautrāntika’s pramā?a-pramā?aphala argument. As a result, self-awareness itself becomes precarious. In connection with this problem, an argument on the relationship between self-awareness and the yogic perception of other minds given by Dharmakīrti leads us to discover that self-awareness is important for establishing subjectivity, in order to avoid another person’s access to one’s own mental states. Through examining Pramā?avārttika 3.448–459, this paper tries to find a way to interpret the svābhāsa-factor without relating to its object-factor (grāhyākāra), and to shed new light on the problem of subjectivity in the Sautrāntika epistemology. |
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| Table of contents | Self-Awareness as the Basis of the Self-Identification of Experience 267
The Two Modes of Cognition: Having Object-Support (a¯lambana) and Being Aware (vedana/a¯) 270
Conclusion: Towards a Better Explanation of the Sautra¯ntika Epistemology 273
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| ISSN | 00221791 (P); 15730395 (E) |
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| Created date | 2011.04.07 |
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| Modified date | 2019.07.30 |
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