{"product_id":"existence-and-perception-in-medieval-vedanta-9783110728491","title":"Existence and Perception in Medieval Vedānta","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book focuses on discussions of metaphysics and epistemology in early modern India found in the works of the South Indian philosopher Vyāsatīrtha (1460–1539). Vyāsatīrtha was pivotal to the ascendancy of the Mādhva tradition to intellectual and political influence in the Vijayanagara Empire. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is primarily a philosophical reconstruction based on original translations of relevant parts of Vyāsatīrtha’s Sanskrit philosophical text, the “Nectar of Logic” (Nyāyāmr̥ta). Vyāsatīrtha wrote the \u003cem\u003eNyāyāmr̥ta\u003c\/em\u003e as a vindication of his tradition’s theistic world view against the Advaita tradition of Vedānta. In the centuries after it was written, the \u003cem\u003eNyāyāmr̥ta\u003c\/em\u003e came to dominate philosophical discussions among Vedānta traditions in India. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Advaitins argued for an anti-realist stance about the empirical world, according to which the world of our experience is simply an illusion that can be dispelled by a deep study of the Upaniṣads. This book reconstructs the parts of the \u003cem\u003eNyāyāmr̥ta\u003c\/em\u003e where Vyāsatīrtha argues in favor of the reality of the world against the Advaitins. Philosophically, it focuses on the concept of existence in Vyāsatīrtha’s metaphysics, and on his arguments about knowledge and the philosophy of perception. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Thomas Williams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48262721372411,"sku":"9783110728491","price":119.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_c86d6725-4b48-4970-80e0-2eb77135f724.jpg?v=1778449033","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/existence-and-perception-in-medieval-vedanta-9783110728491","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}