Rehabilitation of Anumana as A Pramana

Rehabilitation of Anumana as a Pramana

• Almost all the traditions of Indian Philosophy admit anumana as an independent pramana accept for the Carvakas.
• The Carvaka tradition contends that Vyapti, which is considered as the karana of anumana cannot be established and be known through any means.
• Vyapti can never be ascertained through perceptual cognition in which internal sense acts as a means of knowledge.
• The famous inferential example of fire and smoke is unacceptable to Carvakians because the idea of …

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