Outline of Indian Logic

Author: (IN) Atriya
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Indian Nyaya philosophy (a branch of classical logic) is an important part of classical logic, alongside Greek logic (Aristotle) and Chinese logic (Mozi's theory of names). This book discusses the fundamental principles of classical Indian logic, which is concise in length yet precise in its arguments, comprehensively covering the thoughts in Indian logic philosophy. Its main contents include:
1. Knowledge
2. The source of knowledge
3. Perceptual quantity
4. Deductive quantity
5. Scriptural authority
7. Causality
8. Methods of determining causal relationships
9. The conditions for a true cause
10. Incorrect knowledge
11. Fallacious reasoning
12. Doctrine of views and doctrine of probability.