Dharmakirti
Dharmakirti (skt. Dharmakirti; Tib. Chos-kyi grags-pa) was a Buddhist philosopher and logician who lived in India in the 7th century .
The system of logic he wrote in seven treatises comprises four sections:
- the perception
- the conclusion for itself
- the conclusion for others
- the logical errors
His investigations into conclusions with negating premises are significant . He developed a concept theory that determines all concepts through negations (apoha).
Literature (selection)
- Vittorio A. van Bijlert: Epistemology and spiritual authority. The development of epistemology and logic in the old Nyaya and the Buddhist school of epistemology with an annotated translation of Dharmakirti's Pramanavarttika II (Pramanasiddhi) vv. 1-7 . Vienna 1989.
- Georges B. Dreyfus: Recognizing Reality . New York 1997.
- John D. Dunne: Foundations of Dharmakīrti's Philosophy . Boston 2004.
- Pradeep P. Gokhale (Ed.): Vādanyāya of Dharmakīrti . Delhi 1993.
- Satkari Mookerjee: The Buddhist Philosophy of Universal Flux . Calcutta 1935.
- Theodore Stcherbatsky: Epistemology and logic according to the teachings of the later Buddhists . Munich-Neubiberg 1924.
- Theodore Stcherbatsky: Buddhist Logic . New Delhi 1984 (2 vol.) * Tilmann E. Vetter: Knowledge problems with Dharmakirti . VÖAW, Vienna 1964.
- Tilmann E. Vetter: Dharmakirti's Pramanaviniscayah 1. Chapter “Pratyaksam”. Publishing house VÖAW, Vienna 1966.
- Tilmann E. Vetter: The Buddha and his teaching in Dharmakirti's Pramanavarttika . (Vienna Studies on Tibetology and Buddhist Studies; Issue 12). Vienna 1984.
- Tilmann E. Vetter: The Buddha and his teaching in Dharmakirtis Pramanavarttika. The section on the Buddha and the Four Truths in Pramanasiddhi Chapter 2 . improved edition. Vienna 1990.
- Alex Wayman : A Millennium of Buddhist Logic . Delhi 1999.
Web links
- Literature by and about Dharmakirti in the catalog of the German National Library
- Tom Tillemans: Dharmakīrti. In: Edward N. Zalta (Ed.): Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy .
- The life of Dignāgas and Dharmakīrti (traditional hagiography )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dharmakirti |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Buddhist philosopher and logician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 7th century or 8th century |