Epistemology in classical India/ the knowledge sources of the Nyāya school
Phillips, Stephen
- 1st ed.
- New York: Routledge, 2012.
- 194 p.
1 Historical and Conceptual Introduction Nyaya within Classical Indian Philosophy Knowledge: Truth, Belief, and Justification Internalism and Externalism 2 Certification The Justification Regress Fallible Foundations Fpistemic Excellences and Defects The Generality Problem Belief-Warranting tarka, "Suppositional Reasoning" 3 Perception Concept-Laden vs. Concept-Free Perception Recognition Perceptual Error (Pseudo-Perception) The Generality Problem Revisited: Types of Sensory Connection Apperception 4 Inference Inference for Oneself and Inference for Another (Formal Demonstration) From Extrapolation to Generalization The Ontology of Pervasion Philosophical Proofs of Self, God, and mukti, "Liberation" Fallacies and Debate Theory 5 Analogy Learning What Words Mean "Indirect Indication," upalaksana The Ontology of Similarity 6.Testimony Testimony Not a Form of Inference Statements and Facts "Figurative Meaning," laksana Speaker's Intention 7.Lessons for Analytic Epistemology