Identity as reasoned choice : a South Asian perspective on the reach and resources of public and practical reason in shaping individual identities /: a South Asian perspective on the reach and resources of public and practical reason in shaping individual identities. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jonardon Ganeri.
• Authors: Ganeri, Jonardon
• Contents: PrefaceIntroduction: The Reach and Resources of ReasonPART I: PUBLIC REASON PROMOTED1. An Ideal of Public ReasonPublic reason in the Questions of MilindaAn ideal of public reason in the Nyaya-sutra 2. Ancient Indian Logic as a Theory of Case-Based ReasoningA model of reasoning in the Nyaya-sutraThe theory transformedRetrieving the ancient case-based model3. Neutrality: a Theory From the Time of AsokaA Buddhist treatise on public reason: the Elements of DialogueEight stances in a dialogueThe 'way forward' and the 'way back'4. Local Norms: the Priority of the ParticularRules versus casesThree models of particulars as standardsParticulars as paradigms in the Nyaya-sutraParticulars as prototypes in the Ritual SutrasPART II: PRACTICAL REASON RESOURCED5. The Critic WithinMultiple HinduismsA dissenting voiceMeeting reason with reasonEvidence, expertise and assentReligion and reason 6. Adapt and SubstituteThe hermeneutics of ritualEthics in the Hindu canonThe reason of sagesAdaptive reasoning from paradigms7. Model Humans and Moral InstinctsPersons as paradigms of exemplary conductEthical dilemmas: the 'case' The heart's approval: moral instinctPART III: DISSENT8. Implied Voices of DissentThe paradox of inquiryInquiry as adjudicationThe challenge reformulated in Sa?kara9. Can One Seek to Answer any Question? Srihar?aOn questioning: the pragmatics of interrogative dialogueThe prior knowledge argumentAgainst aimingThe longing for knowledgePART IV: IDENTITY, FOUND OR FASHIONED?10. On the Formation of SelfSpiritual exercises and the aesthetic analogyPhilosophy as medicinePlutarch and the Buddhists: returning oneself to the presentA life complete at every momentTaming the selfPhilosophy and the ends of life11. Problems of Self and IdentityReincarnation and personal identityHigher and lower selvesBad thoughts and conscienceNo self?Being true to your individual self12. Identity and Illusions about the SelfSpeaking about the selfPolestar and compass: two modes of practical reasonThe ethics of self-deception and the reach of reasonCognitive stories13. "What You Are You Do Not See, What You See is Your Shadow"The philosophical doubleThe double in Mauni's fictionSelf to selfInhabiting an identityPART V: IDENTITY & THE MODERN INTELLECTUAL14. Interpreting Intellectual India Questions of method Objectivity Immersion 15. An Exemplary Indian Intellectual Bimal Krishna Matilal A conversation among equals A common ground? 16. India and the Shaping of Global Intellectual Culture Covert borrowings Other routes of influenceConcluding SummaryBibliography.
• Publisher Details: New York : Continuum
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (256 pages)
• Subjects: 126; Philosophy, Indic; Self (Philosophy) -- India; Identity (Psychology) -- India
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441143839; 1441143831
• Related ISBNs: 9781623565886
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