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Free Will, Agency, and Selfhood in Indian Philosophy ooxxffoorrddhhbb--99778800119999992222773344..iinndddd ii 1100//2255//22001133 77::2277::1188 PPMM ooxxffoorrddhhbb--99778800119999992222773344..iinndddd iiii 1100//2255//22001133 77::2277::2211 PPMM Free Will, Agency, and Selfhood in Indian Philosophy z Edited by MATTHEW R. DASTI and EDWIN F. BRYANT 1 ooxxffoorrddhhbb--99778800119999992222773344..iinndddd iiiiii 1100//2255//22001133 77::2277::2211 PPMM 3 Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. 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Inquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above. You must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Free will, agency, and selfhood in Indian philosophy / edited by Matthew R. Dasti and Edwin F. Bryant. pages cm Includes index. ISBN 978–0–19–992275–8 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978–0–19–992273–4 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 978–0–19–992274–1 (ebook) 1. Philosophy, Indic. 2. Self (Philosophy)— India. 3. Free will and determinism—Religious aspects. I. Dasti, Matthew R., editor of compilation. II. Bryant, Edwin F. (Edwin Francis), 1957– editor of compilation. B131.F76 2014 126.0954—dc23 2013017925 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper ooxxffoorrddhhbb--99778800119999992222773344..iinndddd iivv 1100//2255//22001133 77::2277::2211 PPMM Dedicated to Anasuya, Leela, and Mohini ooxxffoorrddhhbb--99778800119999992222773344..iinndddd vv 1100//2255//22001133 77::2277::2211 PPMM ooxxffoorrddhhbb--99778800119999992222773344..iinndddd vvii 1100//2255//22001133 77::2277::2211 PPMM Contents Acknowledgments xi Contributors xiii Introduction 1 1 . Agency in S ā ṃ khya and Yoga: The Unchangeability of the Eternal 16 Edwin F. Bryant Sources 17 The Problem: The Axiom of Changelessness in Sā ṃ khya Metaphysics 19 The Location of Agency in S ā ṃ khya Sources 19 S ā ṃ khya Objections to a Ny ā ya Pūrvapak ṣ a 23 Objections (Pūrvapakṣ a) to the S ā ṃ khya Position 27 Agency in the Sā ṃ khya of the Bhagavad G ī t ā : Hermeneutical Dilemmas 33 Conclusion 37 2 . Free Persons, Empty Selves: Freedom and Agency in Light of the Two Truths 41 Karin Meyers Karma, Free Will, and Moral Responsibility 45 Freedoms Enjoyed by Ordinary Persons and Noble Beings 47 The Two Truths: About Persons and Dharmas 52 Conclusion: Free Persons, Empty Selves 61 ooxxffoorrddhhbb--99778800119999992222773344..iinndddd vviiii 1100//2255//22001133 77::2277::2211 PPMM viii Contents 3 . Free Will and Voluntarism in Jainism 68 Christopher Key Chapple The Ā c ā r ā ṅ ga Sūtra 69 The Tattv ā rtha Sūtra 72 The Yogad ṛ ṣ ṭ isamuccaya 77 Divine Will? Human Will! 79 Soul without Attachment According to Kundakunda 80 Conclusion 84 4 . P ā ṇ inian Grammarians on Agency and Independence 85 George Cardona Introduction 85 Patañjali on Participants in Actions 87 Bhart ṛ hari on the Semantic Properties of Agents 89 Animate and Inanimate Agents 92 True Agents Considered To Be Sentient Intelligent Beings 100 Ā t man “Self” 105 Conclusion 109 5 . Ny ā ya’s Self as Agent and Knower 112 Matthew R. Dasti Volition as a Property of the Self 113 Cognitive Agency 116 Analyses of Agency 118 Against S ā ṃ khya’s Frictionless Self 121 Conclusion 134 6 . Freedom Because of Duty: The Problem of Agency in M ī m ā ṃ s ā 137 Elisa Freschi What Is M ī m ā ṃ s ā ? 137 Is there an Analogue of Free Will in Indian Philosophy? 140 Agent’s Causation 141 Causality and Determinism 153 Source of Ethics 156 Conclusion 160 ooxxffoorrddhhbb--99778800119999992222773344..iinndddd vviiiiii 1100//2255//22001133 77::2277::2211 PPMM Contents ix 7 . Just Another Word for Nothing Left to Lose: Freedom, Agency and Ethics for M ā dhyamikas 164 Jay L. Garfi eld Freedom of the Will and Theodicy 164 Why Worry about Freedom and Determinism? 167 Pratī tyasamutp ā da in Action: Why These Problems Can’t Arise for a M ā dhyamika 172 Some Bad Arguments for Supposed Buddhist Doctrines of Freedom of the Will 175 Madhyamaka and Persons: The Two Truths 177 Agency and Responsibility in Madhyamaka 179 Freedom on the Path; Freedom from S a ṃ s ā ra 182 8 . Self, Causation, and Agency in the Advaita of Ś a ṅ kara 186 Sthaneshwar Timalsina Śa ṅ kara on Causality 191 Sure ś vara on “Non-action” ( nai ṣ karmya ) 197 Alternate Models of Causation in Advaita 202 Conclusion 207 9 . The Linguistics and Cosmology of Agency in Nondual Kashmiri Ś aiva Thought 210 David Peter Lawrence The Quest for Power in Nondual Kashmiri Ś aivism, Pratyabhijñ ā Philosophy, and Pratyabhijñā -Based Hermeneutics 211 Semantics and Syntax of Action and Agency 213 Agency and Linguistic Indexicals 220 Cosmological Transformations of Agency 223 Conclusion: Directions for Further Research 226 10 . Free Will, Agency, and Selfhood in R ā m ā nuja 232 Martin Ganeri Selfhood and Agency in General 234 Divine Agency and Human Freedom 243 The “Renunciation” of Agency and the Release of the Finite Self 248 ooxxffoorrddhhbb--99778800119999992222773344..iinndddd iixx 1100//2255//22001133 77::2277::2211 PPMM
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