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Lokāyata/Cārvāka : a philosophical inquiry / Pradeep P. Gokhale.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2015Edition: First editionDescription: xiv, 222 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780199460632 (hardback)
  • 0199460639 (hardback)
Other title:
  • Lokayata/Carvaka
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 181.46 GOK 23 012463
Contents:
1.Unity and Diversity in the Lokayata/​Carvaka Perspective 2.Scepticism in Carvaka-darsana 3.Extreme Empiricism in Carvaka-darsana 4.Mitigated Empiricism in Carvaka-darsana 5.Aspects of Materialism in Carvaka-darsana 6.Carvaka on Values 7.Revisiting Indian Philosophy through a Carvaka Perspective.
Summary: Philosophy in Indian tradition as a purely secular and rational exercise can be located in the Lokāyata/Cārvāka school of Indian philosophy. Due to the lack of substantial literary sources, scholars did not try to explore Lokāyata philosophically. The present work is the first attempt to explore the philosophical energies inherent in the scattered Cārvāka literature through critical and analytical discussions firmly grounded in textual evidences.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-217) and index.

1.Unity and Diversity in the Lokayata/​Carvaka Perspective
2.Scepticism in Carvaka-darsana
3.Extreme Empiricism in Carvaka-darsana
4.Mitigated Empiricism in Carvaka-darsana
5.Aspects of Materialism in Carvaka-darsana
6.Carvaka on Values
7.Revisiting Indian Philosophy through a Carvaka Perspective.

Philosophy in Indian tradition as a purely secular and rational exercise can be located in the Lokāyata/Cārvāka school of Indian philosophy. Due to the lack of substantial literary sources, scholars did not try to explore Lokāyata philosophically. The present work is the first attempt to explore the philosophical energies inherent in the scattered Cārvāka literature through critical and analytical discussions firmly grounded in textual evidences.

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