The Collected Writings of Jaysankar Lal Shaw

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The Collected Writings of Jaysankar Lal Shaw: Indian Analytic and Anglophone Philosophy is a comprehensive anthology that encapsulates over four decades of scholarly work by Jaysankar Lal Shaw, a pioneering philosopher who bridged Indian classical thought and Western analytic philosophy. This collection presents his most significant essays, offering innovative perspectives on how traditional Indian philosophical concepts can inform and enhance contemporary discussions in philosophy of language and epistemology. Shaw adeptly reinterprets and reclassifies ideas from Indian philosophers, applying them to modern debates on topics such as proper names, definite descriptions, sentence meaning, knowledge, doubt, inference, and testimony. The volume is organized into thematic sections covering metaphysics, epistemology, logic and mathematics, philosophy of language, and ethics, reflecting the breadth of Shaw's contributions. Additionally, it features a glossary for clarity and includes recent writings where Shaw examines the current interplay between Indian and analytic philosophical traditions. This anthology serves as an essential resource for scholars and students interested in the confluence of Eastern and Western philosophical paradigms