Anumana in Indian Philosophy
by Sangita Chakravarty | 2016 | 48,195 words
This page relates 鈥楩allacies in Anumana (in Samkhya-Yoga Philosophy)鈥� of the study on the concept of Anumana (inference) in the Vedic schools of Indian Philosophy. Anumana usually represents the most authentic means of valid knowledge. This paper discusses the traditional philosophical systems such as Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Samkhya, Yoga, Mimamsa and Vedanta.
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(C). Fallacies in Anum膩na (in 厂腻峁僰丑测补-Yoga Philosophy)
No extant text of the 厂腻峁僰丑测补-Yoga discusses the fallacies in 补苍耻尘腻苍补. The 惭腻峁环补谤补惫峁泃迟颈 makes reference to them without making any explicit explanation on them. It states that there are thirty three fallacies of 补苍耻尘腻苍补. Out of them nine like contradiction by perception, etc, refer to the fallacies of 辫补办峁; fourteen like unproved (asiddha), non-conclusive (补苍别办腻苍迟颈办补) and contradictory (viruddha) etc. are the fallacies of probans, and ten are the fallacies of example.[1] The subject of fallacies in 补苍耻尘腻苍补 might have been referred to in the earlier texts of the 厂腻峁僰丑测补-Yoga system but their unavailability has rendered the matter hazy. Again, the extant texts of the 厂腻峁僰丑测补-Yoga system are silent over the important issue of fallacies in 补苍耻尘腻苍补. The statement of 惭腻峁环补谤补惫峁泃迟颈 that 补苍耻尘腻苍补 has thirty three fallacies, is without explanation and therefore bears little significance.
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Ibid.,p. 168