Dear Karl-Stephan, 

For #1, some of the following may be useful (caveat: I have not yet read all of these):
Barbato, Melanie. 2017. Jain Approaches to Plurality: Identity As Dialogue. Leiden ; Boston: Rodopi Bv Editions.

Bhatt, Bansidhar. 1978. The Canonical Nikṣepa: Studies in Jaina Dialectics. Leiden: Brill.

Dixit, K. K. Jaina Ontology. 1st ed. . Lālabhāī Dalapatabhāī Granthamālā ; 31. Ahmedabad: LDInstitute of Indology, 1971.

Flügel, Peter. “Power and Insight in Jaina Discourse.” In Logic and Belief in Indian Philosophy, edited by Piotr Balcerowicz, 85–217. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidas, 2010. http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/8209/.

Matilal, Bimal Krishna. 1981. The Central Philosophy of Jainism (Anekanta-Vada). Ahmedabad: LD Institute of Indology.

Sharma, Arvind. “The Relationship of Jain Epistemology to Its Ontology and Soteriology.” Jain Journal 14 (80 1979): 64–67.

Soni, Jayandra. 1997. “Philosophical Significance of the Jaina Theory of Manifoldness.” In Philosophie aus interkultureller Sicht = Philosophy from an intercultural perspective, 7:277–87. Studien zur interkulturellen Philosophie. Amsterdam ; Atlanta, GA: Rodopi.

For #2, perhaps you already know of Kendall Folkert's Harvard dissertation, Two Jaina Approaches to Non-Jainas: Patterns and Implications, almost all of which was printed (in a form edited and re-ordered by John Cort) in Scripture and Community: Collected Essays on the Jains, (Atlanta, Ga.: Scholars Press, 1993). This is mostly concerned with texts involving Jain accounts of 363 rival doctrines, and doxographies beginning with Haribhadra; it doesn't involve much "historical context" if you mean material beyond doctrinal texts. But some of the other essays in that collection provide some social history that might be relevant. 

Here are some other potentially helpful references, again mostly relating to doctrine:

Bollée, W.B. “Adda or the Oldest Extant Dispute Between Jains and Heretics (Sūyagaḍa 2,6),” in Studies in Jain History and Culture: Disputes and Dialogues, ed. Peter Flugel. London; New York: Routledge, 2006.

       ------------. “Adda or the Oldest Extant Dispute Between Jains and Heretics (Sūyagaḍa 2,6), Part Two,” Journal of Indian Philosophy, 27 (411–437), 1999.

Deleu, J. “Lord Mahāvīra and the Anyatīrthikas,” in Mahavira and His Teachings, ed. A.N. Upadhye, et al. Ahmedabad: Navajivan Press, 1977.

Halbfass, Wilhelm. “Studien zum Sūyagaḍa: Die Jainas und die anderen Weltanschauungen vor der Zeitenwende. Textteile, Nijjutti, Übersetzung und Anmerkungen. Teil I. by Willem B. Bollée,” The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 39, No. 3 (613-615), 1980.

Kapadia, H. R. “Ethico-Religious Classifications of Mankind as Embodied in the Jaina Canon,” Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Vol. 15, No. 1/2 (97-108), 1933-34.


Good luck,
Anil
 

On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 1:29 PM, Karl-Stephan Bouthillette via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
Dear colleagues,

As I am preparing a thesis chapter on Jaina Doxography, I am seeking the most up to date and relevant publications (articles and books) on the historical developments of rationality and epistemology in Jainism.

I am particularly seeking information about:

1. the role and function of dialectic in Jaina soteriology

2. the historical context which led Jainas to involve themselves in debates and controversies with their opponents (particularly in the centuries before and during Haribhadra's time)

I find it particularly difficult to avail myself of data on the second point.

Any suggestions on any of these two point would be greatly appreciated.

Most kindly,

Karl-Stephan Bouthillette

Doctoral Fellow
Institute for Indology and Tibetology
Department of Asian Studies
Ludwig-Maximilians-University
Munich

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