Ether in Kant and akasa in Prasastapada: Philosophy in comparative perspective
The study of Indian and Western systems of Philosophy reveals many points of thematic and methodological coincidences between them. We have collected a good number of these coincidences in our recent books, where we have included many philosophical texts in Sanskrit and in European languages which c...
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| description | The study of Indian and Western systems of Philosophy reveals many points of thematic and methodological coincidences between them. We have collected a good number of these coincidences in our recent books, where we have included many philosophical texts in Sanskrit and in European languages which contain the expression of astonishing similar ideas and theses. In the present article we add a new instance of coincidence between Indian and Western thought in relation to akasa in India (limited to the Indian philosophical system Vaisesika) and ether (Aether or Äther in German) in the Opus postumum of Kant. The inexistence of both akasa and ether has been established by Modern Science. Akasa and ether in India and the West, respectively, constitute a notorious example of asrayasiddha, the well-known logical defect considered by Indian Logic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-985e6e2e2c784d108de6105551360b492022-12-22T00:44:20ZspaUniversidad Pontificia ComillasPensamiento. Revista de Investigación e Información Filosófica0031-47492386-58222015-02-0165246101310434623Ether in Kant and akasa in Prasastapada: Philosophy in comparative perspectiveFernando Tola0Carmen Dragonetti1Fundación Instituto de Estudios Budistas, FIEB/CONICET, Buenos AiresFundación Instituto de Estudios Budistas, FIEB/CONICET, Buenos AiresThe study of Indian and Western systems of Philosophy reveals many points of thematic and methodological coincidences between them. We have collected a good number of these coincidences in our recent books, where we have included many philosophical texts in Sanskrit and in European languages which contain the expression of astonishing similar ideas and theses. In the present article we add a new instance of coincidence between Indian and Western thought in relation to akasa in India (limited to the Indian philosophical system Vaisesika) and ether (Aether or Äther in German) in the Opus postumum of Kant. The inexistence of both akasa and ether has been established by Modern Science. Akasa and ether in India and the West, respectively, constitute a notorious example of asrayasiddha, the well-known logical defect considered by Indian Logic.https://revistas.upcomillas.es/index.php/pensamiento/article/view/4811ether, Kant, akasa, Prasastapada, Opus Postumum, Vaisesika, Philosophy |
| spellingShingle | Fernando Tola Carmen Dragonetti Ether in Kant and akasa in Prasastapada: Philosophy in comparative perspective Pensamiento. Revista de Investigación e Información Filosófica ether, Kant, akasa, Prasastapada, Opus Postumum, Vaisesika, Philosophy |
| title | Ether in Kant and akasa in Prasastapada: Philosophy in comparative perspective |
| title_full | Ether in Kant and akasa in Prasastapada: Philosophy in comparative perspective |
| title_fullStr | Ether in Kant and akasa in Prasastapada: Philosophy in comparative perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ether in Kant and akasa in Prasastapada: Philosophy in comparative perspective |
| title_short | Ether in Kant and akasa in Prasastapada: Philosophy in comparative perspective |
| title_sort | ether in kant and akasa in prasastapada philosophy in comparative perspective |
| topic | ether, Kant, akasa, Prasastapada, Opus Postumum, Vaisesika, Philosophy |
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