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Indian way of thinking (Questions (Q: What is synoptic thinking?, What is…
Indian way of thinking
Not one but many
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great tradition, little tradition
world view differs from caste, language, etc
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pundits, old texts vaidyas
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no philosophy, but religion
no concept of psychology -> feeling, intuition
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how truth-telling and corporal punishment is also neither universal (under different circumstances) nor equal (applies differently based on caste) - Manu 2. How does this contrast with Kant's take on how to "act"
Questions
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Page 11, Inden and Indexes
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Not much importance on time (dateless) but context, uses, efficacy is stressed
What seems like an external description is often a comment on an internal phenomena (Kuruntokai 8) (ullurai or internal speaking)
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physiology, not anatomy (Zimmermann, 1979)
The concept of a familial self, self-we (sense of jati)
who hears/interprets something is based on which group he belongs to, context-specific receiving of communication (DA DA DA)
feelings - bhava, vibhava, anubhava,
Author's conclusion
Indian way of thinking is losing it's fundamental quality - context-sensitiveness and adopting more egalitarian/western characteristics
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