Understanding Prescriptive Texts: Rules and Logic as Elaborated by the Mīmāṃsā School

Understanding Prescriptive Texts: Rules and Logic as Elaborated by the Mīmāṃsā School

The Mīmāṃsā school of Indian philosophy elaborated complex ways of interpreting the prescriptive portions of the Vedic sacred texts. The present article is the result of the collaboration of a group of scholars of logic, computer science, European philosophy and Indian philosophy and aims at the in...

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Main Authors: Elisa Freschi, Francesco A. Genc, Björn Lellmann, Agata Ciabattoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Indiana University Press 2017-06-01
Series:Journal of World Philosophies
Subjects:
deontic logic
Mīmāṃsā
language as a means of knowledge
hermeneutics of sacred texts
epistemic value of prescriptive texts
conflicting obligations
proof theory
Online Access:https://scholarworks.iu.edu/iupjournals/index.php/jwp/article/view/922/100

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