TheOxfordHandbookofIndianPhilosophytellsthestoryofphilosophyinIndiathroughaseriesofexceptionalindividualactsofphilosophicalvirtuosity.Itbringstogetherfortyleadinginternationalscholarstorecordthediversefigures,movements,andapproachesthatconstitutephilosophyinthegeographicalregionoftheIndiansubcontinent,aregionsometimesnowadaysdesignatedSouthAsia.Thevolumeaimstobeecumenical,drawingfromdifferentlocales,languages,andliterarycultures,inclusiveofdissenters,hereticsandsceptics,ofphilosophicalideasinthinkersnotthemselvesprimarilyphilosophers,andreflectingIndia’snorth-westernborderswiththePersianateandArabicworlds,itsnorth-easternboundarieswithTibet,Nepal,LadakhandChina,aswellasthesouthernandeasternshoresthataffordmaritimelinkswiththelandsofTheravdaBuddhism.IndianPhilosophyhasbeenwritteninmanylanguages,includingPali,Prakrit,Sanskrit,Malayalam,Urdu,Gujarati,Tamil,Telugu,Bengali,Marathi,Persian,Kannada,Punjabi,Hindi,Tibetan,ArabicandAssamese.FromthetimeoftheBritishcolonialoccupation,ithasalsobeenwritteninEnglish.Itspansphilosophyoflaw,logic,politics,environmentandsociety,butismoststronglyassociatedwithwide-rangingdiscussionsinthephilosophyofmindandlanguage,epistemologyandmetaphysics(howweknowandwhatistheretobeknown),ethics,metaethicsandaesthetics,andmetaphilosophy.ThereachofIndianideashasbeenvast,bothhistoricallyandgeographically,andithasbeenandcontinuestobeamajorinfluenceinworldphilosophy.Inthebreadthaswellasthedepthofitsphilosophicalinvestigation,inthesheerbulkofsurvivingtextsandinthediffusionofitsideas,thephilosophicalheritageofIndiaeasilystandscomparisonwiththatofChina,Greece,theLatinwest,ortheIslamicworld.
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