Philosophy East and West, July 1st, 2000
The Jaina contribution to philosophy in general, and to epistemology in particular, is often underestimated, if not completely ignored. Jaina thinkers also drew from a common pool of ideas (like the assumption of suffering as a characteristic feature of human existence, and the knowledge of reality as crucial for liberation and the possibility of liberation), and they couched these ideas in accordance with their own ontology, metaphysics, theory of knowledge, and ethics. In each of these branches of philosophy the Jainas have made significant contributions to the history and development of I...
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