Gangesha Upadhyaya

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Hindu philosopher Indian logician Indian philosopher Navya-Nyaya philosopher logician medieval Indian scholar philosopher philosophical treatise work of logic

Gangesha Upadhyaya was a 12th–13th century Indian philosopher and logician, renowned as the founder of the Navya-Nyāya (New Logic) school through his seminal work Tattvacintāmaṇi.

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Indian logician ⓘ
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author Gangesha Upadhyaya self-linksurface differs ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship India ⓘ
era 12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
medieval India ⓘ
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epistemology ⓘ
logic ⓘ
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influenced Mathuranatha Tarkavagisa ⓘ
Navya-Nyaya logicians of Mithila ⓘ
Raghunatha Siromani ⓘ
later Indian epistemology ⓘ
influencedBy Gautama (author of Nyaya Sutras) ⓘ
surface form: Gautama (author of Nyaya-sutra)

Jayanta Bhatta ⓘ
Uddyotakara ⓘ
Vatsyayana ⓘ
classical Nyaya tradition ⓘ
knownFor Tattvacintāmaṇi ⓘ
contributions to Indian logic ⓘ
founding the Navya-Nyaya school of logic ⓘ
systematization of Navya-Nyaya technical language ⓘ
language Sanskrit ⓘ
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mainSubject Indian logic ⓘ
surface form: Navya-Nyaya logic

epistemology ⓘ
mainWork Tattvacintāmaṇi ⓘ
movement Nyaya ⓘ
surface form: Navya-Nyaya
notableIdea formalization of inferential reasoning in Navya-Nyaya ⓘ
refinement of pramāṇa (means of knowledge) theory ⓘ
technical analysis of perception and inference ⓘ
notableWork Tattvacintāmaṇi ⓘ
occupation logician ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Nyaya ⓘ
surface form: Navya-Nyaya

Nyaya ⓘ
region Mithila region ⓘ
surface form: Mithila
religion Hinduism ⓘ
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tradition Nyaya ⓘ
surface form: Navya-Nyaya

Nyaya ⓘ

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Gangesha Upadhyaya → author → Gangesha Upadhyaya self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Tattvacintāmaṇi
Gangesha Upadhyaya → foundedBy → Gangesha Upadhyaya self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Navya-Nyaya