Epistemology, Logic and Grammar in Indian Philosophical Analysis

The popular approach to the study of Indian philosophy was born out of the assumption that critical thinking was unkown to the East. Thus, all philosophical endeavour was thought of fundamentally as a manifestation of religious doctrine, or a form of mysticisme. In a climate of growing interest in Indian philosophy, Matilla successfully dispels some of the assumptions, and opens up the rich traditions of Indian philosophical analysis to the modern reader.This book points to the urgent need for understanding the continuities between analytical and critical tradicitions of the East and west. Sanskrit has been the language most commonly used in treatises in Indian philosophy. Matilal acknowledges that it is difficult to master it in a way that enables the reader to understandthe philosophical content in more familiar terminologies of analytical philosophy in the West. Locating his analysis in the central debate of whether reality is actually knowable and therefore expressible in language, Matilal brings texts hithero thought of as esoteric, to open up as absolutely central, canonical statements of epiestemological and methodological relevance.This book has not only challenged the way Indian philosophy was perceived, it is also a significant contribution to the creativity and comprehensiveness of philosophical endeavour, making Indian philosophy one of its building blocks.