Nyaya Theory of Knowledge

Author(s): S C Chateerjee
Publisher: University of Calcutta

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CONTENTS
PAGE
PREFACE
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
BOOK I
THE METHOD OF VALID KNOWLEDGE
(PRAMAŅA)
CHAPTER II
THE NATURE AND FORMS OF KNOWLEDGE
1. Definition of Knowledge (buddbi) 2. Classification of Knowledge 3. Memory and Dream 4. Doubt (samsaya) 5 Error (viparyyaya) 6. Theories of Illusion in Indian Philosophy 7. Hypothetical Argument (tarka)
CHAPTER III
VALID KNOWLEDGE AND ITS METHOD (PRAMA AND
PRAMANA)
1. Definition of pramā or valid knowledge 2. Definition of pramāņa or the method of
knowledge 3. Nyāya criticism of the Bauddha views of
pramāna
4. Nyāya criticism
Sārkhya views
of the Mimāṁsā and