Indian logic

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epistemological tradition intellectual tradition philosophical tradition system of logic

Indian logic is a diverse tradition of philosophical reasoning and argumentation developed in the Indian subcontinent, encompassing systems such as Nyāya and Buddhist logic that analyze inference, debate, and valid knowledge.

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Label	Occurrences
Indian logic canonical	1
Navya-Nyaya logic	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	epistemological tradition ⓘ intellectual tradition ⓘ philosophical tradition ⓘ system of logic ⓘ
aimsAt	establishing valid knowledge ⓘ refuting opponents in debate ⓘ
continentOfOrigin	Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	India ⓘ
developedFrom	Vedic interpretive practices ⓘ
developedIn	Indian subcontinent ⓘ
field	epistemology ⓘ logic ⓘ philosophy ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ
focusesOn	argumentation ⓘ debate ⓘ fallacies ⓘ inference ⓘ means of knowledge ⓘ proof ⓘ valid knowledge ⓘ
hasMethod	dialectical reasoning ⓘ five-membered syllogism ⓘ formal debate ⓘ
historicalLanguage	Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesSystem	Buddhist logic ⓘ Jaina logic ⓘ Mimamsa logic NERFINISHED ⓘ Navya-Nyaya NERFINISHED ⓘ Nyaya NERFINISHED ⓘ Vedanta logic ⓘ
influenced	Buddhist epistemology ⓘ Indian grammar tradition ⓘ Indian philosophy of language ⓘ Jaina philosophy ⓘ Tibetan Buddhist scholasticism ⓘ modern comparative logic studies ⓘ
relatedTo	Aristotelian logic ⓘ Buddhist pramana tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	ancient India NERFINISHED ⓘ classical India ⓘ
usesConcept	anumāna ⓘ anupalabdhi ⓘ arthapatti ⓘ hetu ⓘ nigrahasthana ⓘ paksha ⓘ pramana ⓘ prameya ⓘ shabda ⓘ upamana ⓘ vyapti ⓘ

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Vatsyayana → fieldOfWork → Indian logic ⓘ

Gangesha Upadhyaya → mainSubject → Indian logic ⓘ

subject surface form: Tattvacintāmaṇi

this entity surface form: Navya-Nyaya logic