The Advaita Concept of Contentless Cognition: Some Problems

• Authors: Ghosh Raghunath
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The present paper shows whether there is cognition without any content (avişayaka-jňāna). Generally, “cognition” means “cognition of something.” But in the Advaita Vedanta system of philosophy there is pure knowledge having no content called con-tentless cognition (avişayaka-jňāna) leading to certain philosophical problems.

Keywords

EN

svarūpa-lakşaņa; Jīvanmukta; bādhita; artha-vişayaka-jňāna; pramā

• Publisher: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk; Fundacja Filozofia Na Rzecz Dialogu
• Journal: Dialogue and Universalism
• Year: 2015
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 38-44

Contributors

author

Ghosh Raghunath

• University of North Bengal, Siliguri, W.B., India