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<p>The author enters an already old dispute, that is, whether a countеrpart of the notion of <italic>philosophy</italic> could be encountered in the traditional India, upholds the view that the term <italic>ānvīkṣikī</italic> (lit. “investigation”) was nearest to it and traces its meaning along the texts on dharma, politics, poetics and philosophy properly. Two main avenues to the understanding of philosophy’s vocations in India have been paved in the <italic>Mānavadharmaśāstra</italic>, along with the commentaries thereon and by Kamandaki, the author of the <italic>Nītisāra</italic> (as the knowledge of Ātman) and in the <italic>Arthaśāstra</italic> and the Nyāya texts composed by Vātsyāyana and Uddyotakara (as a metascience helping the other branches of knowledge bear their fruits). Therefore philosophy in India as well was regarded as the duality of ideological and methodological constituents, while the emphasis on analytic practice in the definitions of <italic>ānvīkṣikī</italic> (Wittgenstein’s conception of philosophy as a practice is also referred to in this context) paves a good promise for comparative philosophy.</p>
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The author enters an already old dispute, that is, whether a countеrpart of the notion of philosophy could be encountered in the traditional India, upholds the view that the term ānvīkṣikī (lit. “investigation”) was nearest to it and traces its meaning along the texts on dharma, politics, poetics and philosophy properly. Two main avenues to the understanding of philosophy’s vocations in India have been paved in the Mānavadharmaśāstra, along with the commentaries thereon and by Kamandaki, the author of the Nītisāra (as the knowledge of Ātman) and in the Arthaśāstra and the Nyāya texts composed by Vātsyāyana and Uddyotakara (as a metascience helping the other branches of knowledge bear their fruits). Therefore philosophy in India as well was regarded as the duality of ideological and methodological constituents, while the emphasis on analytic practice in the definitions of ānvīkṣikī (Wittgenstein’s conception of philosophy as a practice is also referred to in this context) paves a good promise for comparative philosophy.

Descriptions of <italic>Ānvīkṣikī</italic> in the Texts of Classical India and the Nature of Analytic Philosophy

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Descriptions of  in the Texts of Classical India and the Nature of Analytic Philosophy

The author enters an already old dispute, that is, whether a countеrpart of the notion of philosophy could be encountered in the traditional India, upholds the...

Descriptions of Ānvīkṣikī in the Texts of Classical India and the Nature of Analytic Philosophy

Publié en ligne: 29 mars 2023

Pages: 24 - 31

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sh-2023-0013

Mots clés
philosophical self-reflexion, defining, controversy, politics, Nyāya, philosophical practice, analytic philosophizing

© 2023 Vladimir K. Shokhin, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Descriptions of Ānvīkṣikī in the Texts of Classical India and the Nature of Analytic Philosophy

Publié en ligne: 29 mars 2023

Pages: 24 - 31

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sh-2023-0013

Mots clésphilosophical self-reflexion, defining, controversy, politics, Nyāya, philosophical practice, analytic philosophizing

© 2023 Vladimir K. Shokhin, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
philosophical self-reflexion, defining, controversy, politics, Nyāya, philosophical practice, analytic philosophizing