Handbook of Logical Thought in India [electronic resource] / edited by Sundar Sarukkai, Mihir Kumar Chakraborty.

Early Nyāya Logic: Pragmatic Aspects -- Early Nyāya Logic: Rhetorical Aspects -- Later Nyāya Logic: Computational Aspects -- Later Nyāya Logic: Formal Aspects -- Buddhist Logic: Sample Texts -- General Introduction to Buddhist Logic -- Introduction to Buddhist Logicians and Their Texts -- Some Issues in Buddhist Logic -- General Introduction to Logic in Jainism with List of Logicians and Their Texts -- Logic of Syād-vāda -- Logical Argument in Vidyānandin's Satya-śāsana-parīkṣā -- The Opponent: Jain logicians Reacting to Dharmakīrti's Theory of Inference -- Convergence and Divergence of Nyaya and Tatvavada (Dvaita) Theories of Logic -- Dependency of Inference on Perception and Verbal Testimony.

This collection of articles is unique in the way it approaches established material on the various logical traditions in India. Instead of classifying these traditions within Schools as is the usual approach, the material here is classified into sections based on themes ranging from Fundamentals of ancient logical traditions to logic in contemporary mathematics and computer science. This collection offers not only an introduction to the key themes in different logical traditions such as Nyaya, Buddhist and Jaina, it also highlights certain unique characteristics of these traditions as well as contribute new material in the relationship of logic to aesthetics, linguistics, Kashmir Saivism as well as the forgotten Tamil contribution to logic.