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Nyaya School is also known as the school of logical realism and atomic pluralism.
It is a school which deals with the science of logic and provides sound methodologies of philosophy.
So, it is a logical school of Indian philosophy.
It is a theistic school of Indian philosophy. In other words, it accepts the authority of God.
It is also an orthodox school of Indian philosophy as it accepts the authority of the Vedas and the Vedic literature.
It was founded by Gautama and n…

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According to Nyaya, perception or Pratyaksha is considered to be the first source of knowledge or pramāna. Perception is a definite or true cognition of objects produced by sense-object contact. For example, the perception of the blue book in front of me is possible due to contact that occurs between my eyes and the object, the blue book.
According to Gotama, perception means non-erroneous cognition, which is produced by the inter-course of the sense organs with the objects. P…

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