Includes bibliographical references.

Foreword / Vincent Eltschinger and Helmut Krasser -- The tath�agata and the long tongue of truth : the authority of the Buddha in s�utra and narrrative literature / Peter Skilling -- On Buddhists and their chairs / Joseph Walser -- Turning hermeneutics into apologetics : reasoning and rationality under changing historical circumstances / Vincent Eltschinger -- Dign�aga on air or How to get hold of supersensible objects by means ofa credible person : with preliminary remarks on the composition of the Pram�an�asamuccaya / Helmut Krasser -- On the role of abhyupagama in Dharmak�irti's schpturally based inference / Shinya Moriyama -- Kamala�s�ila and �S�antaraks�ita on scripture and reason : the limits and extent of "practical rationality" in the Tattva-sam�graha and Pa�njik�a / Sara McClintock -- Transmission of scripture : exegetical problemsfor Kum�arila and Dharmak�irti / Kei Kataoka -- Action theory and scriptural exegesis in early Advaita-Ved�anta (1) : Man�d�ana Mi�sra on upade�sa and is�t�as�adhanat�a / Hugo David -- The authohty of the Buddha, the omniscience of the Jina and the truth of Jainism / Piotr Balcerowicz -- On reason and schpture in the Pratyabhij�n�a / Isabelle Rati�e -- Inherited cognitions : prasiddhi, �agama, pratibh�a, �sabdana : Bhartr�hari, Utpaladeva, Abhinavagupta, Kum�arila and Dharmak�irti in dialogue / Raffaele Torella -- Notes on the contributors.

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