About the Book: Buddhist Logic and Epistemology
"The history of Buddhist logical and epistemological theoriesconstitutes an
interesting study for Buddhist religious scholarsand philosophers.
This volume contains scholarly essays, presented at a seminar,that make an
in-depth study of Buddhist logical theory in thebackground of Buddhist
epistemology. Scholars from different partsof the world combine historical and
philological scholarship withphilosophical acumen and linguistic insight to
examine the issuesrelating to problems of inductive logic and the problem of
meaningand the universals. They also address the crucial questionregarding the
relevance of logical theory to Buddhism, especiallyto the philosophical
soteriology such as Madhyamika. Using bothTibetan and Sanskrit texts to delve
deep into the logical issuesand