Description

First published in 1963, Presuppositions of India’s Philosophies is intended as an introductory text for courses in the philosophical systems of classical Indian thought. Author Karl H Potter is chairman of the department of philosophy at the University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.A.

Contents:
Freedom and its conditions — Knowing oneself — Renunciation, the path to freedom — How speculative philosophy comes in — Good reasons in philosophical discussions — Freedom and causation — Weak dependence relations — The Jain theory of relations — Strong dependence relations — Negation and error — Leap philosophies — Conclusions and outstanding problems — Some suggestions for teachers.