Description |
1 online resource (xv, 311 pages) |
Contents |
The problem of induction : East and West -- The later Nyāya solution -- The method of generalization : Vyāptigrahopāyah -- Counterfactual reasoning : Tarka -- Universal-based extraordinary perception : Sāmānyalakșan̦apratyakșa -- Earlier views of adjuncts : Upādhivādah -- The accepted view of adjuncts : Upādhivādasiddhāntah -- Classification of adjuncts : Upādhivibhāgah -- Sriharsa's Khan̦danakhan̦dakhādyam on pervasion -- Selected passages from Prabhacandra's Prameyakamalamārtan̦da on critique of pervasion and inference -- Selections from Dharmakirti's Nyāyabindu on non-perception as a probans |
Summary |
The work gives a survey of major contemporary, western and Indian views on the problem of induction and offers a solution to the classical problem of induction and the Grue paradox following the Nyaya perspective. The main focus is on Gangesa, the founder of Navya Nyaya, but other views including those of Buddhists, Jains, Vedantins, Carvaka, Hume, Russell, Reichenbach, Carnap, Popper, Goodman, and Quine are also discussed |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Selections in Romanized Sanskrit with English translations |
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Subject |
Induction (Logic) -- India -- History
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Nyaya.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Logic.
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Induction (Logic)
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Nyaya
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India
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Gaṅgeśa, active 13th century.
Tattvacintāmaṇi. Selections. English
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LC no. |
2020739957 |
ISBN |
9780739147054 |
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0739147056 |
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1282713264 |
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9781282713260 |
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9786612713262 |
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6612713267 |
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