The book under review is the two volume Dynamics of the Language: Philosophy of The World of the ... more The book under review is the two volume Dynamics of the Language: Philosophy of The World of the Words. 1 As the sub-title suggests, the author’s claim that he is presenting for the first time a philosophy of the world of the words that is, the world of intelligible beings only and even so independently of intermingling metaphysical beings and our allegiances to them. In fact, this work is the third in the series of the author’s engagement with the philosophy of language and grammar. The other two being “The Central Problems of Bhartṛhari’s Philosophy” (2008) and “Language, Being and Cognition” (2012). Here we find the author developing his thoughts further as presented in his earlier writings
Śūnyatā has been one of the most misunderstood terms in the history of philosophy. It has been co... more Śūnyatā has been one of the most misunderstood terms in the history of philosophy. It has been conceived sometimes as an Absolute and sometimes as pure nothingness. Often it has been identified with truth and most often it has been understood as falsity. Traditionalists insist that it is beyond all the categories. On the other hand the same people would say that Śūnyatā is not a transcendent reality. It is just the relativity of all phenomena, the emptiness of all entities. My purpose in the present paper is to ascertain the true import of Śūnyatā. My view is that Śūnyatā is neither Being nor Nothingness. It is beyond all the dichotomies of real and unreal, being and non-being. This does not mean that Nāgārjuna is presenting a new revolutionary ontology quite different from the traditional logic or metaphysics. In fact Logic and Metaphysics are the last concern of the Buddha. Nāgārjuna neither refutes any metaphysics nor presents any new one. He just puts everything as it is and evo...
The book under review is the two volume Dynamics of the Language: Philosophy of The World of the ... more The book under review is the two volume Dynamics of the Language: Philosophy of The World of the Words. 1 As the sub-title suggests, the author’s claim that he is presenting for the first time a philosophy of the world of the words that is, the world of intelligible beings only and even so independently of intermingling metaphysical beings and our allegiances to them. In fact, this work is the third in the series of the author’s engagement with the philosophy of language and grammar. The other two being “The Central Problems of Bhartṛhari’s Philosophy” (2008) and “Language, Being and Cognition” (2012). Here we find the author developing his thoughts further as presented in his earlier writings
Śūnyatā has been one of the most misunderstood terms in the history of philosophy. It has been co... more Śūnyatā has been one of the most misunderstood terms in the history of philosophy. It has been conceived sometimes as an Absolute and sometimes as pure nothingness. Often it has been identified with truth and most often it has been understood as falsity. Traditionalists insist that it is beyond all the categories. On the other hand the same people would say that Śūnyatā is not a transcendent reality. It is just the relativity of all phenomena, the emptiness of all entities. My purpose in the present paper is to ascertain the true import of Śūnyatā. My view is that Śūnyatā is neither Being nor Nothingness. It is beyond all the dichotomies of real and unreal, being and non-being. This does not mean that Nāgārjuna is presenting a new revolutionary ontology quite different from the traditional logic or metaphysics. In fact Logic and Metaphysics are the last concern of the Buddha. Nāgārjuna neither refutes any metaphysics nor presents any new one. He just puts everything as it is and evo...
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