Nyaya Theory of Knowledge

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

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CONTENTS
PAGB
CHAPTER IV
THE FACTORS OF VALID KNOWLEDGE (PRAMA)
1. The subject, object and method of valid
knowledge 2. Distinction of the method from the subject
and object of valid knowledge
CHAPTER V
THE TEST OF TRUTH AND ERROR
1. The problem, and alternative solutions 2. The Nyāya theory of extrinsic validity and
invalidity 3. Objections to the theory answered by the
Nyāya 4. Criticism of the Sārikhya view of intrinsic
validity and invalidity 5. Criticism of the Bauddha theory of intrinsic
invalidity and extrinsic validity 6. Criticism of Mīmāmsā theory of intrinsic
validity and extrinsic invalidity 7. Indian and Western theories of Truth
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110
BOOK II
PERCEPTION AS A METHOD OF KNOWLEDGE
(PRATYAKŞAPRAMAŅA)
CHAPTER VI
THE DEFINITION OF PERCEPTION
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1. Primacy of perception over other methods of
knowledge
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