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1. Stroud, Scott R. "Narrative as Argument in Indian Philosophy: The Astavakra Gita as Multivalent Narrative." Philosophy and Rhetoric 37.1 (2004): 42-71.
2. The ways in which eastern philosophy uses different tactics to argue philosphical ideas is the topic for this reading. This research paper focuses on the writings of the Astavarka Gita to show how multivalent narrative is used to convey a message to the reader by causing them to think for themselves thus drawing their own conclusions.
3. Since this paper was produced in 2004 I believe the views are fairly current.
4. Philosophy and Rhetoric is a peer review journal established in 1968 which is published by Penn State University.
5. Scott R. Stroud has published philosophical research papers in eleven different journals, which are currently being published by Penn State University. Because I believe Penn state to be a highly competitive university, which has a strong philosophy department, I feel confident that he is a reputable author.
6. In this paper Stroud aims to show how by the use of multivalent narrative eastern philosophy engages the reader to think on his or her own and come to their conclusion free from obvious textual influences as one can find in western philosophical literature. He also argues that within multivalent narrative there are two different systems, one of which evokes thoughts and the other evoking experience.
7. Stroud uses the text of the Astavarka Gita to argue that eastern philosophy uses a different technique aside from logic and deductive reasoning to make claims. He claims that the text facilitates an experience for the reader rather than offering a definite set of logical information for the reader to absorb and agree to.
8. Stroud, via the work of Iser regarding "reader response" supports his claim by showing how the reader of a text is led along a certain path based on the arrangement of the text and different modes of which the information is offered to the
2. The ways in which eastern philosophy uses different tactics to argue philosphical ideas is the topic for this reading. This research paper focuses on the writings of the Astavarka Gita to show how multivalent narrative is used to convey a message to the reader by causing them to think for themselves thus drawing their own conclusions.
3. Since this paper was produced in 2004 I believe the views are fairly current.
4. Philosophy and Rhetoric is a peer review journal established in 1968 which is published by Penn State University.
5. Scott R. Stroud has published philosophical research papers in eleven different journals, which are currently being published by Penn State University. Because I believe Penn state to be a highly competitive university, which has a strong philosophy department, I feel confident that he is a reputable author.
6. In this paper Stroud aims to show how by the use of multivalent narrative eastern philosophy engages the reader to think on his or her own and come to their conclusion free from obvious textual influences as one can find in western philosophical literature. He also argues that within multivalent narrative there are two different systems, one of which evokes thoughts and the other evoking experience.
7. Stroud uses the text of the Astavarka Gita to argue that eastern philosophy uses a different technique aside from logic and deductive reasoning to make claims. He claims that the text facilitates an experience for the reader rather than offering a definite set of logical information for the reader to absorb and agree to.
8. Stroud, via the work of Iser regarding "reader response" supports his claim by showing how the reader of a text is led along a certain path based on the arrangement of the text and different modes of which the information is offered to the