Language, Meaning, and Use in Indian Philosophy

Malcolm Keating is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Yale-NUS College, Singapore.

List of Figures
List of Tables
Foreword, Larry McCrea
How to Use This Book

Part I: Introduction
Why did Mukula Bhatta write the Fundamentals?
Indication and Resolving Incongruity: Mukula's Response
Understanding Mukula’s Context
Further Reading by Topic
- Locating Linguistic Philosophy
- Theories of Word Meaning
- Theories of Sentence Meaning
- Poetics and Linguistics
- After Mukula

Part II: English Translation of “The Fundamentals of the Communicative Function”
About This Translation
Introduction
Verses 1-15
Appendix 1: Outline of the Fundamentals of the Communicative Function
Appendix 2: Linguistic Examples used by Mukula

Part III: Commentary on “The Fundamentals of the Communicative Function”
About This Commentary
Introduction
Verses 1-15

Part IV: Sanskrit Text of the Abhidhavrttamatrka
Transliteration Convention
Introduction
Verses 1-15

Part V: Mukula and Contemporary Linguistic Philosophy
Mukula Bhatta on Sentence Meaning and the Semantics-Pragmatics Distinction
Mukula Bhatta on Primary and Secondary Meaning
A Contemporary Approach to What is Said: François Recanati
What is Said, What is Expressed
Lessons and Future Inquiry

Part VI: Study Resources
Glossary
Sanskrit Pronunciation
Chronology of Important Figures and Dates
Bibliography
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources

Subject and Name Index