Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge c4.6

c4.6

Subsections. *Relation to earlier traces of scepticism* (143–144) The conflict of theories the main motive for the birth of scepticism (145–152) The rational (153–154) and the moral grounds (155–156) of scepticism. Was the logic of four alternatives (the four-fold schema) an innovation of the Sceptics (157)? The first three schools of Sceptics mentioned in the Pāli Nikāyas (158–170) The similarity with Pyrrhonean scepticism (171–174). The fourth school of Sceptics (175–181) Two theories as to the origin of the four-fold schema (182–190) The relation of scepticism to the relativism (syādvāda) of the Jains (191–194). The rational origins of the main concepts of the Ājīvikas (195–200) Their interest in causal arguments (201–208) Their use of reason (209–212) Their claims to mystical intuition (213–215) and belief in tradition (216) The three-fold schema and the three standpoints of the Trairāśika Ājīvikas (217–230). The main elements of the Jain theory of knowledge (231–243)