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Syādvāda: The Perspective of Indian Logic
India prone to spiritualism has had remarkable base of logical thinking. Its phases are numerous, mysterious, but are quite considerable. Syādvāda, a Jain conception, has immense potency to disclose the vast perspective of Indian Logic.
Logic in Indian Philosophy
In India Logic is called anvikṣiki or anviṣikī par excellence, Hetuśästra or Hetuvidyā, Nyāya-Śāstra, Vāda- Vidyā, PramanaSastra Tarkabhasa etc, In Indian Philosophy Logic is considered as a Science which studies the processes or ways of investigation of objects (artha-pariksa) and protects the Valid knowledge from invalid knowledge." Here it has been well established that every prameya (knowable) can be known from Pramana (Logic). Prameya cannot be explained without Pramana. 3 In Indian Philosophy it is Indifferently accepted "मानाधीना मेयसिद्धिः " i.e. meaning of Prameya follows Pramana.
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Satish Chandra Vidyabhushan holds, "Indian Logic has been differently defined in different ages but the definition generally accepted is the Science which ascertains Valid knowledge either by means as Six senses or by means of the syllogism; in other words, perception and inference are the subject-matter of Logic. In Indian Logic, we generally study kinds of knowledge, means of Validity, fallacies, the right ways of debates, examinations of objects and causation. We see some differences in different Indian schools, but the spirits of all of them are the same i.e. to study the laws of valid thought or knowledge.
तुलसी प्रज्ञा अप्रैल-जून, 2004
Dr. Rajjan Kumar
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