15th Jaina Studies Workshop: Jaina Logic

Key information

Date
Time
9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Venue
Brunei Gallery
Room
Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre

About this event

The full day workshop follows on from the lecture which is held on Thursday, 21 March.

See the book of abstracts.

Time Description
9.00 Tea and Coffee
  First Session: Jain perspectivism
9.15 Johannes Bronkhorst, University of Lausanne (Switzerland), Anekāntavāda, the Central Philosophy of Ājīvikism?
9.45 Masahiro Ueda, Kyoto University (Japan), Nikṣepa in Akalaṅka’s Works
10.15 Peter Flügel, SOAS University of London, Prolegomena to a Phenomenology of Jaina Time-Consciousness
10.45   Tea & Coffee
  Second Session: Jain theory of pramāṇa
11.15  Dharmchand Jain, Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur (India)An Appraisal of Jaina Epistemology and Logic
11.45  Olle Qvarnström, University of Lund (Sweden), Haribhadrasūri on Sāṃkhya: Jain Criticism of Sāṃkhya Epistemology
12.15  Marie-Hélène Gorisse, University of Ghent (Belgium), Jain Theory of Inference in the Parīkṣāmukham
12.45 Group Photo
13.00  Lunch: Brunei Gallery Suite
  Third Session: Jain theory of nayas
14.00 Anne Clavel, University of Lyon (France)Arthanayas and Śabdanayas: A Structural Analysis
14.30  Laurent Keiff, University of Lille (France)Jaina's naya-vâda as Presupposition Analysis
15.00 Tea & Coffee
  Fourth Session: Jain theory of saptabhaṅgī
15.30  Fujinaga, Shin, Miyakonojo (Japan), Origin and Value of Saptabhaṅgī
16.00 Fabien Schang, Université de Lorraine, Nancy (France), A One-valued Logic for Non-One-Sidedness
16.30 Brief Break
  Fifth Session: Oher lights on Jain epistemology
16.40  Jayandra Soni, Innsbruck (Austria), Prabhācandra’s Status in and Contribution to the History of Jaina Philosophical Speculation
17.10  Himal Trikha, University of Vienna (Austria), Kathañcit and other Key Terms of Jain Perspectivism in Vidyānandin's Satyaśāsanaparīkṣā
 17.40 Andrew More, Yale University (USA), The Logic of Legitimation of Jain Lay Life in Sūyagaḍaṃga 2.2 and the Uvavāiya
18.10 Final Remarks

Organiser: Centre of Jaina Studies, Centres & Programmes Office

Contact email: pf8@soas.ac.uk

Contact Tel: 020 7898 4776