[INDOLOGY] nyaya and regress

[Philipp Maas]

Dear Howard,
On *anavasthā *and related terms in various systems of thought, see also
Oberhammer, G. (1991). *Terminologie der frühen indischen Scholastik in
Indien*. Vol. 1. A-I. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der
Wissenschaften, p. 32f.

Best wishes,

Philipp
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Prof. Dr. Philipp A. Maas
Professor for Modern Indology
Institute of Indology and Tibetology
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
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Am Di., 4. Juni 2024 um 11:05 Uhr schrieb Howard Resnick via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info>:

> Dear Scholars,
>
> Does the nyāya system speak about the problem of an infinite regress of
> proofs? Aristotle famously identifies and then avoids this problem through
> the notion of a self-evident foundation or starting point of knowledge. In
> Western epistemology, this strategy is often called foundationalism.
>
> Is there anything at all similar or analagous in nyāya or other Indian
> schools? The Caitanya-caritāmṛta several times affirms that the Veda is
> ’self-evident’, svataḥ pramāṇa, but the term is not used there as a general
> or secular epistemic strategy. Is the CC simply repeating a well-known
> epistemic principle?
>
> All help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
> Howard
>
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