A comparative study between Buddhist logic and Jaina logic: Conflicts and interactions between Arcata and Jaina logicians

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24720029
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Indian philosophy/Buddhist studies
• Research Institution: Kyoto Sangyo University
• Principal Investigator: SHIGA Kiyokuni 京都産業大学, 文化学部, 准教授 (60440872)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 仏教論理学 / ジャイナ教論理学 / アルチャタ / ダルマキールティ / アカランカ / 内遍充 / 推理論 / 存在論

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Through this research, I have come to the following conclusion. Although the Buddhist logician, Arcata, and Jaina logicians are in conflict with each other over the problems on ontology, they share similar views regarding the theory of inference and pervasion. This fact suggests that there might be interactions between the two as well. Concerning the conflicts, I clarified the whole picture of the Jaina view and Arcata's criticism of it through editing and translating the relevant texts in his Hetubindutika. Concerning the interactions, I pointed out that both Arcata and Jaina logicians such as Patrasvamin and Akalanka negate the external pervasion (bahirvyapti) and take affirming attitudes to internal pervasion (antarvyapti).

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印度哲学，仏教論理学