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The General Problem of Mīmāṃsā and/as Philosophy The General Problem of Mīmāṃsā and/as Philosophy
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The Larger Frame of “Mīmāṃsā Philosophy” The Larger Frame of “Mīmāṃsā Philosophy”
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Mīmāṃsā and Rabbinic Reasoning Mīmāṃsā and Rabbinic Reasoning
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The Perfection of Mīmāṃsā in Mādhava’s Garland of Jaimini’s Reasons The Perfection of Mīmāṃsā in Mādhava’s Garland of Jaimini’s Reasons
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What Mādhava Tells Us of His Intent What Mādhava Tells Us of His Intent
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Mādhava at Work: Two Examples Mādhava at Work: Two Examples
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Mādhava and Wittgenstein Mādhava and Wittgenstein
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Mādhava the Philosopher Mādhava the Philosopher
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Notes Notes
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30 Mādhava’s Garland of Jaimini’s Reasons as Exemplary Mīmāṃsā Philosophy
Get accessFrancis X. Clooney, S.J. is Parkman Professor of Divinity and Professor of Comparative Theology at Harvard Divinity School, and Director of the Center for the Study of World Religions. He taught at Boston College from 1984 to 2005, before shifting to Harvard. His primary areas of scholarship are theological commentarial writings in the Sanskrit and Tamil traditions of Hindu India, and the developing field of comparative theology, a discipline distinguished by attentiveness to the dynamics of theological learning deepened through the study of traditions other than one's own. He has also written on the Jesuit missionary tradition, particularly in India, and the dynamics of dialogue in the contemporary world. Professor Clooney is the author of numerous articles and books, including most recently Beyond Compare: St. Francis de Sales and Sri Vedanta Desika on Loving Surrender to God (2008), The Truth, the Way, the Life: Christian Commentary on the Three Holy Mantras of the Srivaisnava Hindus (2008), and Comparative Theology: Deep Learning across Religious Borders (2010). He recently edited The New Comparative Theology: Voices from the Next Generation (2010). His forthcoming book, His Hiding Place Is Darkness: An Exercise in Interreligious Theopoetics is an exercise in dramatic theology, exploring the absence of God in accord with the biblical Song of Songs and the Hindu Holy Word of Mouth (Tiruvaymoli). He is a Roman Catholic priest and a member of the Society of Jesus. In July 2010 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy.
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Published:02 June 2016
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Abstract
This chapter examines the Jaiminīyanyāyamālā (Garland of Jaimini’s Reasons) of Mādhava (1297–1388) as an example of Mīmāṃsā philosophy. It asks what Mīmāṃsā thinkers find philosophically problematic or interesting in the Sūtra before discussing what in Mīmāṃsā is most properly and usefully characterized as “Mīmāṃsā philosophy.” It considers the traditional themes thought to characterize each Adhyāya, or book, of the Sūtra to show that Mīmāṃsā reading and reasoning is grounded in case-studies and that it is like another form of textual reasoning, that of rabbinic tradition. In particular, it analyzes Jacob Neusner’s views on whether Mishnah, or any similar system, is philosophical. The chapter proceeds by turning to the Garland and Mādhava’s purpose in this work. It compares the Garland to Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations and argues that Mādhava is a philosopher of a certain kind, and his Garland a philosophical text committed to rational inquiry.
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