Navya Nyāya Scholarship in Navadvip Archive Collection/ Gadādhara Bhattacharya/ Gadādhara’s Theory of Objectivity Viṣayatāvāda (Part-One)/ Sibajiban Bhattacharya (Trans. in English)/ Indian Council of Philosophical Research / 1990/ Number of pages: 209/
Gadādhara’s Theory of Objectivity Viṣayatāvāda (Part-One)
In this volume, Sibajiban Bhattacharyya presents an analysis of the fundamental concepts in Navya-Nyāya. The themes that have been discussed in this book are 1. Navya-Nyāya theory of Relation, Being in Aristotle and Navya-Nyāya, Navya-Nyāya theory of universals, Navya-Nyāya theory of abstraction, Navya-Nyāya theory of definition, Navya-Nyāya theory of causation, Comparative analysis of Frege and Gadādhara.
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| Publication Category |
Navya-Nyāya Scholarship in Nabadwip |
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Bhattacharya, Sibajiban $e Trans. |
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English |
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Indian Council of Philosophical Research |
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New Delhi |
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1990 |
| No. of Pages |
209 |
| ISBN |
81-208-0461-9 |
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