The Nyāya Theory of Knowledge: A Critical Study of Some Problems of Logic and Metaphysics |
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absence According admit Advaita Vedānta anumāna arthāpatti attribute Bauddha Bhāṭṭa Buddhists called cause character cognition colour conclusion consciousness constituted contradiction correspondence denoted distinct doubt existence experience explain external fact fallacy false gavaya ground Hence Indian logic Indian philosophy individual inherence invalidity jāti kinds knowledge of objects known L. A. Reid ledge Logic major term manifest meaning memory method of knowledge middle and major middle term Mīmāmsā mind minor term Naiyāyikas nature non-existence non-perception Nyaya pakṣa particular past perceived pramā pramāņa pratyabhijñā predicate premises present reality recognise related to fire sabda sadhya samavāya Sankhya self-evident sensation sense organ sense-object contact sentence silver smoke smṛti source of knowledge substance syllogism tarka testimony things tion true knowledge truth universal proposition universal relation upamāna valid knowledge validity of knowledge Vedanta Vide visual perception vyāpti word Yogācāras