The Philosophy of Mind of Kundakunda and Umāsvāti
Oxford Handbooks Online August 6, 2015 Piotr Balcerowicz
Kundakunda and Umāsvāti are among the first philosophers in Jainism to lay foundations for of Jaina philosophy of mind. A key concept in their philosophy of mind is that of a cognitive faculty, located in and constitutive of the self. Cognitive faculties should be understood as processes or manners through which the self makes use of the physical sensory apparatus, as well as the actual...