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140245 UE Dharmakirti on the import of words: selected passages (2018W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 14 - Orientalistik, Afrikanistik, Indologie und Tibetologie
Continuous assessment of course work
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Details

max. 24 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 08.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 4 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-04
  • Thursday 15.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 4 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-04
  • Thursday 22.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 4 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-04
  • Thursday 29.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 4 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-04
  • Thursday 06.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 4 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-04
  • Thursday 13.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 4 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-04
  • Thursday 10.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 4 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-04
  • Thursday 17.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 4 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-04
  • Thursday 24.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 4 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-04
  • Thursday 31.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 4 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-04

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

In a long section in his so-called Pramāṇavārtikasvavṛtti, his longest text on this topic, Dharmakīrti –connecting to Dignāga’s Pramāṇasamuccaya, in debate with the rival schools Nyāya, Sāṃkhya, Mimāṃsā etc., and in discussing various logical and philosophical problems -- develops a theory of the “import of words”, concept and concept-formation etc., focusing on the notion of the “exclusion from other” (anyāpoha).
This course consists in a reading of selected passages from the Sanskrit text of the Pramāṇavārtikasvavṛtti (and its Tibetan translation) considering, as case may be, the commentary of Śākyabuddhi (Tibetan) and Karṇakagomin (Sanskrit). We will start with the summary verses PV I.76-91 and continue with PV I.92 + PVSV

Assessment and permitted materials

Continous assessement course: the texts to be prepared and revised from week to week, 1 final written paper.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Active participation in class 40%, homework 40%, 1 final paper 20%.

Examination topics

The texts read in class.

Reading list

Texte:
Raniero Gnoli, The Pramāṇavārttikam of Dharmakīrti. The First Chapter with the Autocommentary. Text and Critical Notes. Roma 1960 (Serie Orientale Roma 23).

Pramāṇavārttikaṭikā (Śākyabuddhi): Tshad ma rnam ’grel gyi ’grel bśad. sDe dge Tibetan Tripiṭaka bsTan ’gyur. Tshad ma 3. Tokyo 1982.

Pramāṇavārttika(sva)vṛttiṭikā (Karṇakagomin): ācārya-Dharmakīrteḥ Pramāṇavārttikam (svārthānumānaparicchedaḥ) svopajñavṛttyā Karṇakagomiviracitayā Taṭṭīkayā ca sahitam. Ed. Rāhula Sāṅkṛtyāyana. Allahabad 1943.

Association in the course directory

MATB1 (UE a)

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