Dharmakirti

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Buddhist logician Buddhist monk Indian Buddhist philosopher epistemologist historical figure

Dharmakirti was a 7th-century Indian Buddhist philosopher and logician renowned for his influential works on epistemology and the theory of inference.

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instanceOf Buddhist logician ⓘ
Buddhist monk ⓘ
Indian Buddhist philosopher ⓘ
epistemologist ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
associatedWith Nalanda tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ
century 7th century ⓘ
countryOfOrigin India ⓘ
doctrine apoha (exclusion) theory of universals ⓘ
causal efficacy as criterion of reality ⓘ
momentariness of phenomena ⓘ
only two pramanas: perception and inference ⓘ
era Classical Indian philosophy ⓘ
influenced Dharmottara NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jñanasrimitra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Navya-Nyaya logicians NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sakya Pandita NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tibetan Buddhist scholasticism ⓘ
later Indian Buddhist logicians ⓘ
influencedBy Buddhist Abhidharma tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dignaga NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vasubandhu NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor apoha theory of meaning ⓘ
arguments for rebirth and continuity of consciousness ⓘ
critique of non-Buddhist schools ⓘ
defense of momentariness (ksanikavada) ⓘ
development of Buddhist logic ⓘ
theory of inference (anumana) ⓘ
theory of pramana (valid cognition) ⓘ
language Sanskrit ⓘ
mainInterest Buddhist metaphysics ⓘ
epistemology ⓘ
logic ⓘ
philosophy of language ⓘ
theory of inference ⓘ
notableWork Hetubindu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nyayabindu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pramanavarttika NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pramanaviniscaya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sambandhapariksa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Santanāntarasiddhi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vadamala NERFINISHED ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Sautrantika NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yogacara NERFINISHED ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Buddhist philosophy ⓘ
region South Asia ⓘ
surface form: Indian subcontinent
religion Buddhism ⓘ

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Buddhist logic → notableProponent → Dharmakirti ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dharmakīrti