Free will, agency, and selfhood in Indian philosophy
by
Dasti, Matthew R., editor of compilation.
Title
:
Free will, agency, and selfhood in Indian philosophy
Author
:
Dasti, Matthew R., editor of compilation.
ISBN
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9780199922741
Physical Description
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1 online resource.
General Note
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Includes index.
Contents
:
Agency in Samkhya and Yoga / Edwin F. Bryant -- Free Persons, Empty Selves / Karin Meyers -- Free Will and Volunteerism in Jainism / Christopher Key Chapple -- Paninian Grammarians on Agency and Independence / George Cardona -- Nyaya's Self as Agent and Knower / Matthew R. Dasti -- Freedom Because of Duty / Elisa Freschi -- Just Another Word for Nothing Left to Lose / Jay L. Garfield -- Self, Causation, and Agency in the Advaita of Sankara / Sthaneshwar Timalsina -- The Linguistics and Cosmology of Agency in Nondual Kashmiri Saiva Thought -- Free Will, Agency, and Selfhood in Ramanuja / Martin Ganeri -- Dependent Agency and Hierarchical Determinism in the Theology of Madhva / David Buchta -- Agency in the Gaudiya Vaisnava Tradition / Satyanarayana Dasa and Jonathan B. Edelmann.
Abstract
:
Focusing on the rich and variegated cluster of Indic philosophical traditions as they developed from the late Vedic period up to the pre-modern period, this book offers an understanding, according to each school, of the nature of free will and agency.
Subject Term
:
Philosophy, Indic.
Self (Philosophy) -- India.
Free will and determinism -- Religious aspects.
PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body
PSYCHOLOGY / Personality
Free will and determinism -- Religious aspects. (OCoLC)fst00933973
Philosophy, Indic. (OCoLC)fst01060996
Self (Philosophy) (OCoLC)fst01111454
Geographic Term
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India. (OCoLC)fst01210276
Genre
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Electronic books.
Added Author
:
Dasti, Matthew R.,
Bryant, Edwin F. (Edwin Francis), 1957-
Electronic Access
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| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Status |
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| IYTE Library | E-Book | 526459-1001 | B131 .F76 2014 EB | Online |