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Nyāya Philosophy
“Before accepting a conclusion, ask through which route it became known.”
01 / SUMMARY
In short
Nyāya is an Indian realist tradition with detailed theories of inference, debate, and sources of knowledge. It commonly recognizes perception, inference, comparison, and testimony as pramāṇas.
03 / SCENE
In the wild
Seeing smoke supports an inference to fire when the relevant connection is established and no defeating condition applies.
04 / LIMIT
The limit
Nyāya is not merely Western formal logic in Sanskrit vocabulary or a set of puzzles.
FINAL NOTE
What remains
Name the source of knowledge and the conditions that make the move to a conclusion reliable.