Hindu and Buddhist Ideas in Dialogue : Self and No-Self

The Debates Between Various Buddhist And Hindu Philosophical Systems About The Existence, Definition And Nature Of Self, Occupy A Central Place In The History Of Indian Philosophy And Religion. These Debates Concern Various Issues: What 'self' Means, Whether The Self Can Be Said To Exist At All, Arguments That Can Substantiate Any Position On This Question, How The Ordinary Reality Of Individual Persons Can Be Explained, And The Consequences Of Each Position. At A Time When Comparable Issues Are At The Forefront Of Contemporary Western Philosophy, In Both Analytic And Continental Traditions (as Well As In Their Interaction), These Classical And Medieval Indian Debates Widen And Globalise Such Discussions. This Book Brings To A Wider Audience The Sophisticated Range Of Positions Held By Various Systems Of Thought In Classical India.--publisher's Website. Introduction / Chakravarthi Ram-prasad -- Senses Of Self And Not-self In The Upaniṣads And Nikāyas / Brian Black -- Why Didn't Siddhārtha Gautama Become A Sāṃkhya Philosopher, After All?/ Marzenna Jakubczak -- Self, Consciousness And Liberation In Classical Sāṃkhya / Mikel Burley -- Buddhist No-self : An Analysis And Critique / Jonardon Ganeri -- Emotions : A Challenge To No-self Views / Irina Kuznetsova -- Uddyotakara's Defence Of A Self / John Taber -- The Abode Of Recognition : Memory And The Continuity Of Selfhood In Classical Nyāya Thought / Douglas L. Berger -- Self And Memory : Personal Identity And Unified Consciousness In Comparative Perspective / Chakravarthi Ram-prasad -- Action, Desire And Subjectivity In Prābhākara Mīmāṃsā / Elisa Freschi -- On The Advaitic Identification Of Self And Consciousness / Wolfgang Fasching -- Luminosity, Subjectivity, And Temporality : An Examination Of Buddhist And Advaita Views Of Consciousness / Matthew Mackenzie -- Arguing From Synthesis To The Self : Utpaladeva And Abhinavagupta Respond To Buddhist No-selfism / Arindam Chakrabarti -- Indian Philosophy And The Question Of The Self / Ankur Barua. Edited By Irina Kuznetsova, Lancaster University, Uk, Jonardon Ganeri, University Of Sussex, Uk, And Chakravarthi Ram-prasad, Lancaster University, Uk. Includes Bibliographical References (pages [231]-246) And Index. Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction 1 Senses of Self and Not-self in the Upani ṣ ads and Nik ā yas 2 Why Didn’t Siddh ā rtha Gautama Become a S ā ṃ khya Philosopher, After All? 3 Self, Consciousness, and Liberation in Classical S ā ṃ khya 4 Buddhist No-self: An Analysis and Critique 5 Emotions: A Challenge to No-self Views 6 Uddyotakara’s Defence of a Self 7 The Abode of Recognition: Memory and the Continuity of Selfhood in Classical Ny ā ya Thought 8 Self and Memory: Personal Identity and Unified Consciousness in Comparative Perspective 9 Action, Desire and Subjectivity in Pr ā bh ā kara M ī m ā ṃ s ā 10 On the Advaitic Identification of Self and Consciousness 11 Luminosity, Subjectivity, and Temporality: An Examination of Buddhist and Advaita Views of Consciousness 12 Arguing from Synthesis to the Self: Utpaladeva and Abhinavagupta Respond to Buddhist No-selfism 13 Indian Philosophy and the Question of the Self Bibliography Index