[INDOLOGY] Review Paramaanu of theory

[Aleksandar Uskokov]

It seems to me you've read too much from that simple statement. I for one
was educated in an old-fashioned continental philosophy department, yet had
to study both contemporary logic and history of logic in separate courses.
I did not see a tout court equation in Howard's comment.

Kind regards,
Aleksandar


On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Paolo Magnone <paolo.magnone at unicatt.it>wrote:

>  Believe it or not, in some continental, yet undoubtedly western
> philosophy departments they still teach some old-fashioned philosophical
> subjects such as ontology and metaphysics... luckily (from my point of
> view) philosophy in the West has not yet generally become what the
> Anglosaxon world is trying to reduce it to. So it would be well advised not
> to make such sweeping statements equating “western philosophy” *tout court
> * with analytical philosophy.
>
> Paolo Magnone
> Sanskrit Language and Literature
> Catholic University of the Sacred Heart (Milan)
>
> Jambudvipa  - Indology and Sanskrit Studies (www.jambudvipa.net)
>
>
>
>
> On 24/04/2013 14:49, Howard Resnick wrote:
>
> In western philosophy departments, logicians critique past theories and
> argue for what they believe is the best possible logic, but of course the
> history of logic theories is taught as well. Surely both are taught, at
> least somewhere, in Indian universities.
>
>  Howard Resnick
>
>  On Apr 23, 2013, at 9:42 PM, Veeranarayana Pandurangi <veerankp at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>  Yes sir.
> Unlike in west we teach it as we think this is the science. We need to
> modify if it is no longer justified.
> On Apr 24, 2013 12:17 AM, "Jean-Luc Chevillard" <
> jean-luc.chevillard at univ-paris-diderot.fr> wrote:
>
>> You write
>>
>> "I think we (naiyayikas) should not be teaching old paramaanu theory if
>> it is really untenable."
>>
>> This makes me wonder whether you see yourself as teaching theories
>> or as teaching the history of those theories.
>>
>> How would you characterize what you do?
>>
>> -- Jean-Luc Chevillard (Paris)
>>
>>
>> On 23/04/2013 20:05, Veeranarayana Pandurangi wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all
>>>
>>> Sorry for crossposting.
>>> I am searching for some realistic modern reveiws/ alternative theories
>>> of paramaanu theory of nyayavaisheshika.
>>>
>>> I think we (naiyayikas) should not be teaching old paramaanu theory if
>>> it is really untenable.
>>>
>>> --
>>> निराशीर्निर्ममो भूत्वा युध्यस्व विगतज्वरः।। (भ.गी.)
>>>
>>>
>
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