RLG100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Gupta Empire, South Asia, Indo-European Languages
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Indian philosophy and inter-religions debate: mimamsa, vedanta, nyaya, proof for the existence of god. Common ground for debates: debates focused on epistemology as well as metaphysics and soteriology (terms in philosophy) Soteriology: ultimate end/heaven: shared understanding of rationality, dialectical form of argumentation involving the views of the opponent and one"s own views. Dialectical form: texts build on debates, not a sole personal opinion. Means of valid knowledge: perception, inference critical for the proof of existence of god. Samir is a man, therefore samir is mortal. I see smoke on hill, whenever there is smoke there is fire, example of the kitchen, therefore the hill has fire: presumption: (negative inference, verbal testimony. One person should be able to convince the other. Mimamsa: (atheist) focused on vedic traditions specifically sacrifice: vedic apologetics (when vedic sacrifice wasn"t important, they defended it and the importance of it, they wanted to hold on to it.
