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CHAPTER VI.
THE JAIN THEORY OF FORMAL LOGIC.
Meeting the Charvakas on their own grounds.Refutation of their hypothesis and Demonstration of the legitimacy of Inferential-knowledge-The Jain Theory of Formal Logic and definitions of "Pratyaksha"."Paroksha" includes Inference and Testimony-Definition of Inference and Forms of Syllogisms -Testimony or the Word-Definition of Praman or Valid knowledge-the World of Reals and not of Phantoms as hold the Buddhists.
So we see how in addition to Direct Perception (प्रचत्य प्रमाण), Inference (अनुमान ) is also admissible as an Indirect means ( परोक्ष प्रमाण) according to the Jain epistemology. But then the Purva Pakshin, Charvak, will, indeed, remark that our classification of the means of knowledge -Pramanas and our definition and interpretation of the logical terms-Pratyaksha and Paroksha-are in clear contravention to the common acceptation and interpretation. of the same and as such should be rejected; for where is the person so insane as to accept this our view, the import and uses of the logical vocabularies of which, are
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