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Philosophy of language in the Five Nikayas

by K.T.S. Sarao | 2013 | 141,449 words

Buddhism Theravada

Summary: This is an English study of the Philosophy of language in the Five Nikayas, from the perspective of linguistics. The Five Nikayas, in Theravada Buddhism, refers to the five books of the Sutta Pitaka (鈥淏asket of Sutra鈥�), which itself is the second division of the Pali Tipitaka of the Buddhist Canon (literature).

They are as follows: (1) Digha Nikaya or 鈥淐ollection of Long Discourses鈥�, (2) Majjhima Nikaya or 鈥淐ollection of Middle-length Discourses鈥�, (3) Samyutta Nikaya or 鈥淐ollection of Kindred Sayings鈥�, (4) Anguttara Nikaya or 鈥淐ollection of Gradual Sayings鈥� and (5) Khuddaka Nikaya or 鈥淪maller Collections鈥�.

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Acknowledgements

General Introduction to the Thesis

+ Chapter 1 - Introduction

. 1. Preliminary

. 2. The Buddhist P膩li Tipi峁璦ka (Introduction)

. 2.1. The First Buddhist Council

. 2.2. The Second Buddhist Council

. 2.3. The Third Buddhist Council

. 2.4. The Vinaya Pi峁璦ka (Introduction)

. 2.5(a). The Sutta Pi峁璦ka (Introduction)

. 2.5(b). D墨gha Nik膩ya (The Long Discourses of the Buddha)

. 2.5(c). Majjhima Nik膩ya (The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha)

. 2.5(d). Sa峁儁utta Nik膩ya (The Connected of Discourses of the Buddha)

. 2.5(e). A峁単uttara Nik膩ya (Numerical Discourses of the Buddha)

. 2.5(f). Khuddaka Nik膩ya (Collection of Little Texts)

. 2.6 The Abhiddhamma Pi峁璦ka

. 3. Objective of Study

. 4. Scope of Research

. 5. Sources Of Research

. 6. Research Methodology

. 7. Structure of Thesis

. 8. Conclusion

+ Chapter 2 - Concept of Philosophy of Language

. 1. Preliminary

. 2. Philosophy: An Overview

. 3. On Language (1): Definitions

. 3. On Language (2): Language as Unique Human Behaviour

. 3. On Language (3): Langue and Parole

. 3. On Language (4): Competence and Performance

. 3. On Language (5): Levels of Language

. 4.1. Rationalism versus Empiricism

. 4.2. Chomsky鈥檚 Criticism of Skinner鈥檚 Theory of Language

. 4.3. Faculty of Language

. 5. Language Comprehension

. 6. Language Production

. 7. Mind: A General View

. 8. Truth and Meaning

. 9. Logical Form

. 10. Semantics and Truth

. 11. Sense and Reference

. 12. Conclusion

+ Chapter 3 - Language and Meaning as Reflected in the Five Nik膩yas

. 1. Preliminary

. 2. Theories of Meaning

. 3. Semantics (study of formal theories of meaning)

. 4. Sense as a Criterion of Identification of a Reference

. 5. Grice on Speaker鈥檚 Meaning and Sentence-Meaning

. 6. Distinctive Issues of the Five Nik膩yas

. 6.1. Buddhist Terms: Dhamma

. 6.2. Buddhist Terms: Nibb膩na

. 6.3. The Four Noble Truths

. 6.4. The Thirty-Seven Aids (Factors of Enlightenment)

. 6.5. The Four Planes of Liberation (The Four Noble Persons)

. 6.6. The Four Jh膩nas and the Four Ar奴pajjh膩nas

. 6.7. The Attainment of the Cessation of Perception and Feeling

. 7. Contexts of Language and Meaning in the Five Nik膩yas

. 8. The Faith and the Truth

. 9. Methodological Characteristics of the Five Nik膩yas

. 10. Conclusion

+ Chapter 4 - Philosophy of Language in the Five Nik膩yas

. 1. Preliminary

. 2. Beyond Language

. 3.1. To Be Cultivated and Not To Be Cultivated

. 3.2. The Six Roots of Dispute

. 3.3. The Wholesome Courses of Speech

. 3.4. The Attitude to Abuse and Respect of Other

. 3.5. The Problems of Phonetics and Dialect

. 4. Language and Knowledge

. 5. Pa帽帽膩 (鈥榳isdom鈥�) as a Light and a Sharp Sword

. 6. Samm膩di峁弓hi and Language Comprehension

. 7. Unwholesome (akusala) and Wholesome (kusala)

. 8. The Dependent Origination (pa峁璱ccasamupp膩da)

. 9. The Five Aggregates (pa帽cakkhandha)

. 10. The Characteristic of Non-Self (anatt膩)

. 11.1. Samatha and Vipassan膩

. 11.2. The Four Foundations of Mindfulness

. 12. Description of Mind (Introduction)

. 12.1. Defiled Mind and Pure Mind

. 12.2. Five Wildernesses and Five Shackles in the Heart

. 12.3. Twelve Stains for a Recluse

. 12.4. Diversity of Mind

. 12.5. The Methods to Incline Mind

. 12.6. The Five Methods for Removing Unwholesome Thoughts

. 13. Development and Cultivation of the Four Immeasurable Minds

. 14. Conclusion

+ Chapter 5 - Language and Thought

. 1. Preliminary

. 2. Body and Mind (Introduction)

. 2.1. Brains as 鈥楾hinking Matter鈥�

. 2.2. Action at A Distance

. 2.3. The Mechanics of Movement

. 3. Communicative Conception and Cognitive Conception (Introduction)

. 3.1. The Cognitive Conception

. 3.2. The Communicative Conception

. 4. From Behaviourism to Cognitivism

. 5. Sense versus Reference

. 6. Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis

. 7. Correspondence of Linguistic Structures and Cognitive Structures

. 8. Modularity in Cognition

. 9. Language, Thought, and Language of Thought

. 10. Issues in Language and Thought

. 11.1. Metaphors

. 11.2. Metonymy

. 12. The Position of Buddhism on Language and Thought

. 13. Conclusion

+ Chapter 6 - Summary and Conclusions

. 1. General View

. 2. Summary and Conclusions

. 3. The Findings and Contributions of the Research Work

. 4. Conclusion

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