Classical Indian Philosophy’s Knowledge Sources (pramāṇa) As Educational Methods
Prof. STEPHEN PHILLIPS
Classical Indian Philosophy’s Knowledge Sources (pramāṇa) As Educational Methods
pramāṇa are principally perception, inference, and testimony insofar as our concern is factual or descriptive knowledge as opposed to knowledge of the meaning of words or skills honed through training. On the heels of an overview of, especially, the Nyāya pramāṇa theory, this paper focuses on certification conditions governing identification of the several sources.