Piotr Balcerowicz
Biographic Data
| ID | 4484820 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Piotr Balcerowicz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Piotr |
| FAMILY NAME | Balcerowicz |
| SIGNATURE | BALCEROWICZ P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Warsaw |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5662-1760 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Dating of Pivotal Thinkers of Ancient India
The dating of Gautama Buddha has been dealt with on numerous occasions over decades, with a semi-consensus that he must have died sometime around 410–365 BCE . Unlike the historical Buddha, we have no tangible material to date three other pivotal thinkers who were contemporaneous with him, namely Vardhamāna Mahāvīra (co-founder of Jainism), Gośāla Maṅkhaliputra (co-founder of Ājīvikism), and Pūraṇa Kāśyapa, with their chronologies mostly relative…
Logic in the Religions of South Asia
Fragments from the Ājīvikas
The paper examines available references to the Ājīvikas that are often identified by scholars, notably by Basham (1951), as genuine quotations from Ājīvikas’ lost works. In addition, the paper analyses some additional material not previously indentifed as possible quotations relevant to Ājīvikism. Unfortunately, none of such references seem to be genuinely derived from an Ājīvika source: All of such passages or verses previously considered genuin…
Beginnings of Jaina Ontology and Its Models
The paper analyses the beginnings of systematic ontology in Jainism, which appears to have began after first century CE, albeit certain ontology-relevant terminology in a nascent form was present earlier. A clear expression of systematic ontological reflection is the existence of models that organize ideas and categories in a more consistent conceptual scheme. Jainism follows similar developments that had earlier taken shape in in the early Buddh…
Jayarāśi Bhaṭṭa
The paper examines the Tattvôpaplava-siṁha of Jayarāśi Bhaṭṭa, and presents an analysis of his positive arguments that can be traced in the work. Despite the widely held opinion that Jayarāśi was a sceptic or held no positive opinions, the author concludes that, first, Jayarāśi does not fit a standard description of a sceptic. What may appear as an approach to philosophical problems, typical of a sceptic, turns out to be Jayarāśi’s particular met…
Is There Anything Like Indian Logic? Anumāna, ‘Inference’ and Inference in the Critique of Jayarāśi Bhaṭṭa
The paper presents an analysis of the anumāna chapter of Jayarāśi’s Tattvôpaplava-siṁha and the nature of his criticism levelled against the anumāna model. The results of the analysis force us to revise our understanding of Jayarāśi Bhaṭṭa as a sceptic. Instead, he emerges as a highly critical (materialist) philosopher. In addition, the nature of Jayarāśi’s criticism of the anumāna model allow us to conclude that anumāna should not be equated wit…
Siddhasena Mahāmati and Akalaṅka Bhaṭṭa
Early Asceticism in India
On the Relative Chronology of Dharmakīrti and Samantabhadra
In the discussions concerning the date of Dharmakīrti, Jaina sources have never been seriously taken into account. They may, however, provide a valuable insight because Dharmakīrti both criticised and was criticised by Jaina thinkers. Two Jaina authors, Samantabhadra and Pūjyapāda Devanandin, may prove crucial in determining the actual dates of Dharmakīrti. The paper argues that Dharmakīrti directly influenced Samantabhadra in a number of ways, w…
Pramāas And Language
Monks, Monarchs and Materialists
Is 'Inexplicability Otherwise' (Anyathânupapatti) Otherwise Inexplicable
Two Siddhasenas and the Authorship of the Nyāyāvatāra and the Sammati-tarka-prakarana
The logical structure of the naya method of the Jainas
The logical structure of the naya method of the Jainas
Siddhasena Mahāmati and Akalaṅka Bhaṭṭa
On the Relative Chronology of Dharmakīrti and Samantabhadra
In the discussions concerning the date of Dharmakīrti, Jaina sources have never been seriously taken into account. They may, however, provide a valuable insight because Dharmakīrti both criticised and was criticised by Jaina thinkers. Two Jaina authors, Samantabhadra and Pūjyapāda Devanandin, may prove crucial in determining the actual dates of Dharmakīrti. The paper argues that Dharmakīrti directly influenced Samantabhadra in a number of ways, w…
Is There Anything Like Indian Logic? Anumāna, ‘Inference’ and Inference in the Critique of Jayarāśi Bhaṭṭa
The paper presents an analysis of the anumāna chapter of Jayarāśi’s Tattvôpaplava-siṁha and the nature of his criticism levelled against the anumāna model. The results of the analysis force us to revise our understanding of Jayarāśi Bhaṭṭa as a sceptic. Instead, he emerges as a highly critical (materialist) philosopher. In addition, the nature of Jayarāśi’s criticism of the anumāna model allow us to conclude that anumāna should not be equated wit…
Pramāas And Language
Logic in the Religions of South Asia
Two Siddhasenas and the Authorship of the Nyāyāvatāra and the Sammati-tarka-prakarana
The logical structure of the naya method of the Jainas
Is 'Inexplicability Otherwise' (Anyathânupapatti) Otherwise Inexplicable
Pramāas And Language
Monks, Monarchs and Materialists
On the Relative Chronology of Dharmakīrti and Samantabhadra
In the discussions concerning the date of Dharmakīrti, Jaina sources have never been seriously taken into account. They may, however, provide a valuable insight because Dharmakīrti both criticised and was criticised by Jaina thinkers. Two Jaina authors, Samantabhadra and Pūjyapāda Devanandin, may prove crucial in determining the actual dates of Dharmakīrti. The paper argues that Dharmakīrti directly influenced Samantabhadra in a number of ways, w…
Siddhasena Mahāmati and Akalaṅka Bhaṭṭa
Early Asceticism in India
Is There Anything Like Indian Logic? Anumāna, ‘Inference’ and Inference in the Critique of Jayarāśi Bhaṭṭa
The paper presents an analysis of the anumāna chapter of Jayarāśi’s Tattvôpaplava-siṁha and the nature of his criticism levelled against the anumāna model. The results of the analysis force us to revise our understanding of Jayarāśi Bhaṭṭa as a sceptic. Instead, he emerges as a highly critical (materialist) philosopher. In addition, the nature of Jayarāśi’s criticism of the anumāna model allow us to conclude that anumāna should not be equated wit…
Jayarāśi Bhaṭṭa
The paper examines the Tattvôpaplava-siṁha of Jayarāśi Bhaṭṭa, and presents an analysis of his positive arguments that can be traced in the work. Despite the widely held opinion that Jayarāśi was a sceptic or held no positive opinions, the author concludes that, first, Jayarāśi does not fit a standard description of a sceptic. What may appear as an approach to philosophical problems, typical of a sceptic, turns out to be Jayarāśi’s particular met…
Beginnings of Jaina Ontology and Its Models
The paper analyses the beginnings of systematic ontology in Jainism, which appears to have began after first century CE, albeit certain ontology-relevant terminology in a nascent form was present earlier. A clear expression of systematic ontological reflection is the existence of models that organize ideas and categories in a more consistent conceptual scheme. Jainism follows similar developments that had earlier taken shape in in the early Buddh…
Logic in the Religions of South Asia
Fragments from the Ājīvikas
The paper examines available references to the Ājīvikas that are often identified by scholars, notably by Basham (1951), as genuine quotations from Ājīvikas’ lost works. In addition, the paper analyses some additional material not previously indentifed as possible quotations relevant to Ājīvikism. Unfortunately, none of such references seem to be genuinely derived from an Ājīvika source: All of such passages or verses previously considered genuin…
The Dating of Pivotal Thinkers of Ancient India
The dating of Gautama Buddha has been dealt with on numerous occasions over decades, with a semi-consensus that he must have died sometime around 410–365 BCE . Unlike the historical Buddha, we have no tangible material to date three other pivotal thinkers who were contemporaneous with him, namely Vardhamāna Mahāvīra (co-founder of Jainism), Gośāla Maṅkhaliputra (co-founder of Ājīvikism), and Pūraṇa Kāśyapa, with their chronologies mostly relative…
Philosophy (12 works) · Philosophy (12 works) · Epistemology (11 works) · Indian and Buddhist Studies (11 works) · Philosophy of religion (11 works) · Theology (5 works) · Indian History and Philosophy (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Buddhism (3 works)