Papers by Marie-Hélène Gorisse
Proceedings of the conference 'Buddhism and the religious other'. C.V. Jones (ed.), Proceedings of the British Academy Series, Oxford University Press, 2020
Entry 'Inference'
Brill Encyclopedia of Jainism. J.Cort, P.Dundas and K.Wiley (eds.), 2020
Cāruśrī. H.Naganarajaiah and J.Soni (eds.), Sapna Book House, Bangalore, 2019
In his Samayasāra (SSā), Essence of the Self, Kundakunda develops a position in which Jain religi... more In his Samayasāra (SSā), Essence of the Self, Kundakunda develops a position in which Jain religious practices are reassessed to culminate in the knowledge of the Self (jīva, appā, samaya). In such a conception in which inward experience is central, the characterisation of the Self becomes important in order to shape the path of liberation. It is especially decisive to be able to know whether the Self is a permanent unity or an entity prone to be determined by alien conditions; whether it is active or inactive; whether it is actually bound to kamma or whether karmic bondage is an illusion. Furthermore, in order to insure the coherence of his characterisation of the Self, Kundakunda develops a doctrine of two perspectives, namely the ultimate (ṇicchaya, suddha) and the conventional (vavahāra), which can be interpreted in two opposite ways. The aim of this paper is to reconstruct the underlying epistemological conceptions of the Samayasāra. First, this will throw new lights on the backbones of this soteriological manual. Second, this new understanding will enable us to weight the input of this Jain conception in the attempts at understanding the relation between the knowing subject and the world, as well as the proper behavior of this knowing subject.
Jaina Studies. Proceedings of the 16th WSC. N.Balbir and P.Flügel (eds.), DK Publishers, New Delhi, 2018
A 'puzzle-argument' (patra) is an inferential reasoning expressed by means of statements aboundin... more A 'puzzle-argument' (patra) is an inferential reasoning expressed by means of statements abounding in wordplays. The mode of functioning of these wordplays is rooted in a widespread practice of linguistic puzzles in Jain religious communities. Introduced by Vidyānanda in his Patraparīkṣā in the tenth century, this technique has been linked with Jain perspectivism a few decades later by Prabhācandra in his Prameyakamalamārtaṇḍa, but hardly survived the two mentioned treatises. This paper first aims at presenting the theory of puzzle-arguments alongside concrete examples, as well as an overview of the coding techniques used, for instance the reference to lists located in grammatical and epistemological treatises. Second, the philosophical relevance of such a technique will be put under question, especially in connection with Jain perspectivism and its consequences in the tradition of hermeneutics in Jainism.
Oxford Handbook of Indian Philosophy. J.Ganeri (ed.), 2017
The characterisation of truth-preserving arguments, notably conceived as the tool to convince int... more The characterisation of truth-preserving arguments, notably conceived as the tool to convince interlocutors in a debate, was a core issue in the Indian paradigm of philosophy and received the detailed attention of scholars from different philosophical traditions. This paper presents a Jaina theory of inference of the 11 th century, stressing its divergence with other traditions, especially Buddhism. This is first aiming at a presentation of the minimal set of statements considered as necessary to bring adhesion. Second, this paper presents the Jaina solution to the question of the establishment of the correctness of truth-preserving arguments, first by means of a non-inferential source of knowing, second by means of considerations on the structure of the inferential reasoning itself.
Acta Orientalia Belgica 30. C.Vielle, C.Cannuyer and D.Esler (eds.), 2017
International Journal of Jaina Studies. P.Flügel (ed.), 2015
Journal of Philosophical Logic, Jan 1, 2011
In classical India, Jain philosophers developed a theory of viewpoints (naya-vāda) according to w... more In classical India, Jain philosophers developed a theory of viewpoints (naya-vāda) according to which any statement is always performed within and dependent upon a given epistemic perspective or viewpoint. The Jainas furnished this epistemology with an (epistemic) theory of disputation that takes into account the viewpoint in which the main thesis has been stated. The main aim of our paper is to delve into the Jain notion of viewpointcontextualisation and to develop the elements of a suitable logical system that should offer a reconstruction of the Jainas' epistemic theory of disputation. A crucial step of our project is to approach the Jain theory of disputation with the help of a theory of meaning for logical constants based on argumentative practices called dialogical logic. Since in the dialogical framework the meaning of the logical constants is given by the norms or rules for their use in a debate, it provides a meaning theory closer to the Jain context-sensitive disputation theory than the main-stream formal model-theoretic semantics.
Proceedings of the third Indian Conference on Logic and Its Applications, Jan 1, 2009
In his excellent paper, Nāgārjuna as anti-realist, Siderits showed that it makes sense to perform... more In his excellent paper, Nāgārjuna as anti-realist, Siderits showed that it makes sense to perform a connection between the position of the Buddhist Nāgārjuna and contemporary anti realist theses such as Dummett's one. The point of this talk is to argue that this connection is an important one to perform for one's correct understanding of what Nāgārjuna is doing when he criticizes the contemporary Indian theories of knowledge and assertion, first section, but as soon as the theories of argumentation are involved, this connection can be implemented in a better way from an other anti realist perspective, namely the one of Dialogical logic (Erlangen school), in which the signification is given in terms of rules in a language game. The philosophical issues are to hold an interpretation of the type of assertion performed by Nāgārjuna. We here aim at making a rational reconstruction of his chief claim 'I do not assert any proposition' in which a proposition is considered as the set of its strategies of justification. As for the last section, the point will be to apply these analyses to Buddhist practice. We will in this section consider the conventional character of human activities as the fact that any speech act is performed within a dialogue under ad-hoc restrictions; and the question of one's progress in the soteriological path to liberation will be asked 1 .
Books by Marie-Hélène Gorisse
Proceedings of the 7th IIGRS. H.DeJonckheere, MH. Gorisse, A. Rostalska (eds.), 2020
Book Reviews by Marie-Hélène Gorisse
Review of 'Jaina Scriptures and Philosophy' (P.Flügel and O.Qvarsntröm, eds.)
Journal of World Philosophies. M. Lirloskar-Steinbach (ed.), 2017
The 2015 volume Jaina Scriptures and Philosophy edited by Peter Flügel (SOAS, London) and Olle Qv... more The 2015 volume Jaina Scriptures and Philosophy edited by Peter Flügel (SOAS, London) and Olle Qvarnström (Lund University) is, according to the time-honoured formula, a most welcome addition to our libraries. It contributes to the study of Jaina philosophy by offering a collection of analyses on the emergence and development of philosophical concepts in early Jain literature, especially in the canon and its early commentaries. By doing so, it notably throws new lights on the relation between philosophy and religion. This inter disciplinary volume in philosophy, philology, linguistics, literary studies and history of Jainism is the fourth book of the Routledge advances in Jaina studies series edited by Peter Flügel and consists in the proceedings of the 11 th Jaina studies workshop held at SOAS in March 2009. It develops over three main sections, first on scriptures, second on karman and ethics, third on aspects of philosophy. The first section of this volume opens with the presentation by Herman Tieken (Leiden University) of the Uttarajjhāyā, The Final Lesson, which is the first of the four Mūlasūtra of the Jain Śvetāmbara canon. This Prakrit work has probably been written in the first centuries of the common era, although Tieken does not indicate nor discuss its dating. The Uttarajjhāyā is a compilation containing multiple types of material, such as edifying stories, descriptions of ritual practice, expositions of Jain doctrine or chant-like poetry. This material is traditionally said to come from different ages and sources. The aim of Tieken's paper is to challenge this conception and to propose a rationale behind the apparent un-ordered arrangement of the chapters of this work. His main argument is that the whole text is ordered following a four sections division describing the steps in the path to deliberation, first the obtainment of a human condition, second the acquisition of correct knowledge, third the fervour to follow correct practice, and finally the performance of austerities. In order to show this, he attributes a main topic and genre to every chapter of the work. Since this study is not a linear one, a summarising chart would have been welcome. Now, while Tieken's study convincingly shows that there is a thematic coherence in the Uttarajjhāyā, this does not act as a proof for his thesis according to which this work " is the result of a one-time process of composition ". The second chapter, " a rare manuscript of the Bhagavatī Ārādhanā " , is authored by Prem Suman Jain (Shukhadia University and Bahubali Prakrit Vidyapith). The Bhagavatī Ārādhanā, Divine Worship, is a work composed by Śivarāya in the second century of the common era which offers a description of the three jewels of Jainism, namely correct faith, correct knowledge and correct behavior, and of ascetic practices, with a focus on voluntary
Teaching Documents by Marie-Hélène Gorisse
Drafts by Marie-Hélène Gorisse
Jainism and Jain Philosophy
Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Religion. S. Goetz and C. Taliaferro (eds.)
'Logic and Religion' Special Issue of the Journal of Indian Philosophy. P. Balcerowicz and B. Gillon (eds.)
This paper aims at a study of a meeting point between logical and religious considerations in Jai... more This paper aims at a study of a meeting point between logical and religious considerations in Jainism. First, the Āpta-mīmāṁsā (ĀMī), Investigation on authority, of Samantabhadra (530-590) offers a relevant case study to investigate the transition from a conception in which the reliability criterion of an authoritative discourse is the authoritative character of its utterer, to a conception in which the criteria of validity and soundness of the discourse itself are foremost. Second, Samantabhadra is one of the first Jain authors to undertake to logically prove the omniscience of the Jain teachers. And third, he links these questions to the celebrated Jain epistemological theory of non-one-sidedness.
Proceedings of the 5th International Dharmakīrti Conference. S.McClintock, H. Lasic, P. McAllister and B. Kellner (eds.)
Buddhist conceptions of non-cognition (anupalabdhi) of a property as a type of evidence employabl... more Buddhist conceptions of non-cognition (anupalabdhi) of a property as a type of evidence employable to infer the absence of another property have received the detailed attention of scholars in the past years. In contrast, Jain conceptions on this subject are still to be studied. What is more, Jain philosophers did dialogue with Buddhists on what counts as correct evidence within an inference and, as such, their conceptions on this matter can be seen as a relevant part of the studies on Buddhist philosophy of knowledge and argumentation. The aim of this paper is to present and compare the way non-cognition can serve to draw an inference according to Buddhist and to Jain philosophers, as well as to indicate the philosophical relevance of the main divergences between the two conceptions. In doing so, I will especially analyse the reasons why a given form of inference with non-cognition in its premises is accepted and another one denied, and I will show how in this process of acceptation and denial more epistemological and more formal concerns coexist. I will present Dharmakīrti's view as it is found in his Pramāṇa-vārttikasvavṛtti and Nyāya-bindu. As for the Jain view, I will focus on Akalaṅka's Laghīyas-traya and on Māṇikyanandi's Parīkṣā-mukham.
Entries ‘Hemacandrasūri’, ‘Vimalasūri’, ‘Jinaratnasūri’, ‘Amaru’
Dictionnaire Encyclopédique des Littératures de l’Inde. N.Dejenne, A.Castaing and C.LeBlanc (eds.), Garnier Classiques
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