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Preface
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Abbcniarions
A Note Ibe Sanskril and TIbetan Tnmlarjoru
0 0 III
INTROOl!CTION ,I
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I PUMAI:fA Ttu:ou:
DHAIlMAItIllTI'S CONCEPTUAL CONTEXT IS
1.1 TIN l'rocf!U lI(Knllwirt,,znJ lu Instn""4'rIt IS
Two Ubiquitous lrutrumenu: Peraylion and Inference
l.Z
Sham:!. No6oru Concerning PerccpruaJ A-wareneq
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Slwod Notions Concerning Inference zs
The Basic SrnJcmre ofInfttma: 16
The Evidence-PrMicue R&don and 1[5 Exemplifiation 1.8
The Evidence-Subject Relation H
A Restatement U
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Pramera; 1M u
1.1
The Simplicity of [he RaJ and a Fundamental Difference ]7
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l'u'l!M G Cmtat 1S
1·4 P4i"ts4Diwr:m«: TlNAcriD""IUiA,nll 49
I. S Sumnwry p
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1 DHAIlMAItIllTI'S METHOD AND ONTOLOGY
1..1 1M Sub ofA NIiysis.· DJu.mutkirtii Mnh6ti n
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CONTENTS
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External Realism as a l...cvd of Analysis 6,
Divergent Ince!prmtions of External Realism
79
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The Two PrIlmf1i14 The Two Rc:a1irics 79
MQrt P.rtit:14ltm
1.) D1I
The PC'rcqnibk as Ultimacdy Real 8.
The U\cimardy Real as Inaprasiblc and Momentary "
Do Paniculan: Have Sp:atw ,8
ExtC'nsion~
1.1 Utliwrs;t/s II}
Summ2ty of Oturmakini's ApDh.-Thtory u6
Concerning Sameness or Effect
Art Ilniycrsals Pcrmaocnr> 116
Three Ways of Coruuuing ApQIM
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1 SVABHAVAPRATlB.ANDHA: THE BASIS OF INFIIRENCI!
,.1 &/atilUl U,rollth Svabhava: &YO"" ~u,.Prt:sma. LIS
The Two ScRSC$ of $lMbIMw IS)
Swbh411t1 as · Propeny- IU
SWlbhillfJU 158
·Naru~·
Naturc-Jl!/tbhilllf and the Dusal Complex
161
The Subi«t (Jbtt,.",;,,) and SlNIhblilNl as -Nawrc" 169
p TIN PrwIllCtum-mDtit ({the Svabhavapratibandha 171
Some Igoes in the: Applicacion of me Production-mode In
Concerning Necessity 181
The Detcrmilllllrion of the Production-mode 191
0" tbr &1A1i4nship Jmwn.n ITIpmyilnd MUJI" 19)
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Some HeuristK Tunu 196
The Subordination of Propcny TO Narure 198
H Svabluva-l'ViMna."" tiN IJmti".m«k
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A Few Pmblems 118
CONTENTS
.. INSTRUMENTALITY:
JUSTIFYINC THI1. SOURCIlS OF KNOWLEDCE 22}
PrimiJ:aya
4.1 III ~/nstrllmmJ4lity" U}
Purpox and Instrumentality 1.19
The Role of Scripture 1)1
A 5«:ming Ci«:uluity
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SaipturaJ Inference and Dharmakini's
Rtjecrion of Credibility 1)9
Axiological Concerns: Murual Rtslrunl of Path and Goal l..4S
.p DIMmuJtirti on /nstrJlmenllWl]:
71N &rlinl CtllnmcnllJr;.u A(W. ." , 2.,:2-
Some Basic DdinilMJn5 1S)
-rdie Funaion" (IfT'lhUriJll) 156
lrutrumentality (prtlm4l!Ji1) in Terms ofTw o Efftnl 160
lruuumentality in T emu of Ihe Mediated Effect 161.
instrumenwity in Tctnu of the Unmcdiated Effect 168
The Two Effeca and the Two ScnICS of AnlMJrriy4 171
The Primacy of hrrqlirthil 178
Instturncnra.li£Y in Terms of Human Aims:
Some Problems and Solutions 280
A Disparity in Time 181
ObstruCled Action 2.85
PctCCplion and Confirmation 187
Perception as Motivalor (prilll{lnAJ:t,):
The Question ofNovdty 198
Infcrcncc. Error. and TnufWOnhines.s )10
Ultimale and Conventional PrilwUM )4
CONCLUSION ]t9
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