{"product_id":"vatsyayanas-commentary-on-the-nyaya-sutra-matthew-r-dasti-9780197625934","title":"V\u0026#257;tsy\u0026#257;yana's Commentary on the Ny\u0026#257;ya-S\u0026#363;tra: A Guide","description":"Vātsyāyana's \u003cem\u003eCommentary on the Nyāya-sūtra\u003c\/em\u003e is one of classical India's most important philosophical works. This Guide offers both a map and interpretation of this challenging canonical text, suitable for any student or novice reader. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTreating them as a single hybrid text, the \u003cem\u003eNyāya-sūtra\u003c\/em\u003e with Vātsyāyana's commentary systematizes in skeletal form centuries of ancient Indian philosophical developments concerning logic, epistemology, and dialectics, while also defending a realist categorial metaphysics. It offers a number of epistemological and methodological insights that inform intellectual inquiry in the Subcontinent for over a millennium. \u003cem\u003eVātsyāyana's Commentary\u003c\/em\u003e also provides sophisticated arguments for distinct positions in metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of language, and value theory that stand amongst the best contributions to world philosophy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis guide, accessible to students and researchers not familiar with classical Indian philosophy, provides a distilled, accessible understanding of the major scholarly, historical, and philosophical issues that inform the \u003cem\u003eCommentary\u003c\/em\u003e, while unpacking its philosophical content such that it speaks to modern readers. It also illustrates the way that the \u003cem\u003eCommentary\u003c\/em\u003e may serve as a lens through which to view the formative period of classical Indian philosophy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew R. Dasti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0197625932\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197625934\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.60w x 0.90d","brand":"Matthew R. Dasti","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44130329755903,"sku":"9780197625934","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_551b7305-a4fc-41c7-bc8e-eee870db3a7b.jpg?v=1687468796","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vatsyayanas-commentary-on-the-nyaya-sutra-matthew-r-dasti-9780197625934","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}