The epistemological tradition of Buddhism

Philological, historical and systematical research on the Buddhist epistemological tradition in its Indian (ca 5th to 13th centuries A.D.) and Tibetan (ca 9th to 20th centuries A.D.) periods to be conducted in the following team and individual studies: A. Editions of the Pramanasamuccayatika (critical edition of PST I, partly; correction of the diplomatic edition, partly; edition of the Sankhya-fragments) B. Efforts towards opening the manuscript treasures in the PR China C. Individual studies: 1. Publikation of the Sankhya-fragments from PST I and II. 2. Reconstruction of the siddhanta-part of Pramanasamuccaya II 3. Studies in Dharmakirti`s development of the theorem of a logical nexus 4. Translation of the logical parts of the *Hetuprakarana 5. Studies on Dharmakirti`s theory of concept 6. Study of Dharmakirti`s theory of the apparent reasons in. the Pramanaviniscaya 7. Edition and translation of Dharmottara`s Brhatpramanyapariksa 8. Edition and analysis of the main parts of Jnanasrimitra`s Sakarasiddhisastra 9. Jnanasrimitra`s essays on the proof of momentariness 10. Studies in rNog lo`s Tshad ma rnam nes kyi dka` gnas bsad pa 11. sTag lo`s Rig gnas kun ses nas bdag med grub pa D. Preparatory work on the project "Bauddhanyayakosa"