The anti-abstractionism of Dignaga and Berkeley.

From: Philosophy East and West | Date: January 1, 1994| Author: Chinn, Ewing Y. | Copyright information

Both the Buddhist philosopher Dignaga and the Western idealist Berkeley oppose the use of abstract entities in an indirect theory of reference, such as the theories of Bhartrhari or John Locke that reference is determined by abstract universals of meaning. However, Berkeley does not give a satisfactory account of the relation between language and the world, whereas Dignaga's concept of 'apoha' ('exclusion') does provide the basis for a valid 'word-world mechanism.' Dignaga shows how words are...

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