Outline of Indian Logic

Author: (India) Atriya, translated by Yang Guobin
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Publishing Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Indian Nyaya philosophy (logic) is an important branch 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 yet precise, encompassing the core ideas of Indian logical philosophy. Its main contents include:
1. Knowledge
2. Sources of Knowledge
3. Perceptual Evidence
4. Inference Evidence
5. Scriptural Evidence
7. Causality
8. Methods of Determining Causality
9. Conditions for True Causality
10. Incorrect Knowledge
11. Fallacious Reasoning
12. Doctrine of Perspectives and Doctrine of Probability