Cārvāka

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Indian philosophy school materialist philosophy philosophical school skeptical philosophy

Cārvāka is an ancient Indian materialist and skeptical philosophical school that rejects the authority of the Vedas, denies an afterlife, and upholds direct perception as the only valid source of knowledge.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Lokāyata	2
Charvaka	1
Cārvāka canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indian philosophy school ⓘ materialist philosophy ⓘ philosophical school ⓘ skeptical philosophy ⓘ
alternativeName	Cārvāka ⓘ surface form: Lokāyata
associatedConcept	lokāyata (worldly, popular view) ⓘ pratyakṣa (perception) ⓘ
attitudeTowardVedas	critique of Vedic ritualism ⓘ rejection of Vedic authority ⓘ
coreDoctrine	acceptance of only direct perception (pratyakṣa) as valid knowledge ⓘ epistemological skepticism ⓘ hedonism ⓘ materialism ⓘ rejection of afterlife ⓘ rejection of karma theory ⓘ rejection of liberation (mokṣa) ⓘ rejection of rebirth ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	India ⓘ
epistemology	empiricism based on perception ⓘ rejection of inference as independent pramāṇa ⓘ rejection of testimony (śabda) as pramāṇa ⓘ
historicalPeriod	ancient India ⓘ
influenceOn	Indian materialist thought ⓘ later debates in Indian epistemology ⓘ
knownFrom	Buddhist doxographies ⓘ Hindu philosophical texts ⓘ Jain doxographies ⓘ polemical accounts by rival schools ⓘ
metaphysics	denial of God (īśvara) ⓘ denial of soul distinct from body ⓘ view that consciousness arises from matter ⓘ
ontology	acceptance of only perceptible elements ⓘ
opposedTo	Buddhist idealism ⓘ Jain karma doctrine ⓘ Mimamsa ⓘ surface form: Mīmāṃsā Nyaya ⓘ surface form: Nyāya Samkhya ⓘ surface form: Sāṃkhya Vedanta ⓘ surface form: Vedānta
philosophicalStance	anti-metaphysical orientation ⓘ this-worldly orientation ⓘ
religiousContext	Hinduism ⓘ
textualStatus	original texts largely lost ⓘ
tradition	Indian philosophy ⓘ
viewOnEthics	pursuit of pleasure in this life ⓘ rejection of asceticism ⓘ
viewOnReligion	criticism of priestly authority ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indian philosophy → includesSchool → Cārvāka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lokāyata

Indian religions → includes → Cārvāka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Charvaka

Cārvāka → alternativeName → Cārvāka ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lokāyata